How else would ya say it?! No one would understand you any other way.
As God is my witness, people on TV said "Mar-dee Graw." Like there's an "R" in it - like, well, hmmmm ... party ... no, that doesn't have an "r" in it ... like barbecue ... no, that neither. Oh! Like "Laura" as in Bush. Jest teck muh wuhd fo it.