Regular old spelling/pronunciation rules would have had me, along with the vast majority of the non-British world, pronouncing it blen-hime. That's what it looks like, and as you say, if I haven't been there, how am I to know people have been eliding it into blennum for a thousand years...
But, then, you have George Carlin talking about the way things are spelled vs. the way a group/person wishes them to be pronounced:
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You can spell your name S-M-I-T-H, and pronounce it Jonofski if you want to.
What's your last name?
Jonofski.
Spell it.
S-M-I-T-H.
What?
Nevermind. They're all silent.
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