I’m not kidding this is like the fifth time someone on the internet goes “omg your name is Maria?????”

• First of all, Maria is one of the most common names in the world so I don’t get what you guys are so excited about
• Secondly my name is not Maria, it’s Maaria. It’s Maaria on every single online profile I’ve got. Yes it’s based on the same biblical figure but it’s an old Finnish variation that’s spelled and pronounced differently

Probably sounds like nitpicking but I’m sure many people out there understand how annoying it gets to have your name constantly misspelled and mispronounced by others… even other Finns tend to have problems with my name despite it being so simple, sigh