Now you know how I feel when I think I've gotten a pronunciation correct and I still need to repeat it many times for a native to understand. The day i get how to say Delaware without sounding like "i'm going to The Lover this weekend" i'll throw a party.
My brother couldn't pronounce "r" as a kid so he'd call me hoodie

Then it became a thing and everyone started calling me hoodie, which drove my brother crazy as he was insisting how hoodie is wrong and hoodie is right. Your Mah-gai is wrong, theirs is not