a uncommon, historicaly scottish girls' name. Often mispronounced 'marie', 'mary', or 'miary' etc. much to the annoyance of the victim of name mispronounciation.
in register at school:
'mairi' (pronounced wrong)
'no'
'mairi'
'no'
'mairi, i know you're here, so stop messing around or you'll get a detention'
'there is no one here called mairi (pronounced wrong). my name is mairi.'
