Maria and
Mariah aren't like
Sara and
Sarah or
Hanna and
Hannah.
Maria and
Mariah have two distinctly different pronunciations, so when one sees the name "
Maria" printed before them, they're going to pronounce it ma-REE-ah, same goes for
Mariah and ma-RYE-ah. It doesn't work.
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