How to pronounce “nary” in English

test we were all linguists in the Nary they were all

treadmills around mine were walking and they were walking rather slowly at that and nary a pinprick of perspiration smudging their fashionable exercise outfits.

Yet, when we went to school, there was nary a mention of any of these realities.

So I show up in class ready to talk about whales and captains and there's nary a mention of whales or captains.