That's not a daft question at all and I'm glad you ask. I used to be on this other forum and when I met some of the members of it in real life one of them called me ''Lind'' because she thought the e was silent. LIND! *facepalm* So I rather have people ask me how to pronounce it, instead of calling me things like Linda, Lindy or Lind.
Anyway, no you don't pronounce it either way. That's why I said, ''as in Lindentree''. You just cut of the ''ntree'' and then that's how you pronounce my name, so you kinda ...