I also got the impression that they would pronounces Marle "Mar-lee", equally stupid.
How exactly is Mar-lee stupid? That's the only proper way to pronunce it.
Mayj-Us I'm guessing
It's May-juss for me, but close enough.
As for the SNES thing, I've used all three of SNES, S-N-E-S and Super Nintendo, so I've got no dog in that fight.
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