It does matter. The only person I've met who spelled it Sara pronounced it Sar-(rhymes with scar)-ra. So there was never any question of mistaking it for Sarah - completely different names.
So now it really confuses me when I see 'Sara' written down, as to me it'll always be Sar-ra and I don't know who they're talking about. If I'm going to read about a person whose name is pronounced Sair-rah, then I have to do a quick search and replace.
At the moment I'm constantly thrown by NCIS fic with Ziva in that refers to her as 'David'. My brother-in-law is David - I'll always hear it as a bloke's name in my head.
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So now it really confuses me when I see 'Sara' written down, as to me it'll always be Sar-ra and I don't know who they're talking about. If I'm going to read about a person whose name is pronounced Sair-rah, then I have to do a quick search and replace.
At the moment I'm constantly thrown by NCIS fic with Ziva in that refers to her as 'David'. My brother-in-law is David - I'll always hear it as a bloke's name in my head.