How do you pronounce Caramel?

[TiggersPal]

He is!

Interesting, in my office, there are two people who say it with 2 syllables and, hmmmm, how should I say it? Well, they aren't the brightest of our staff.

According to Dictionary.com BOTH ways are listed... therefore who's "not so bright"? Just curious... people in glass houses and all that rot.

 

[Cool-Beans]

According to Dictionary.com BOTH ways are listed...

I checked the American Heritage Dictionary and both pronunciations are acceptable.

The word "carmel" isn't in there though. So, I spell it wrong. Hookairs?

 

[TiggersPal]

I checked the American Heritage Dictionary and both pronunciations are acceptable.

The word "carmel" isn't in there though. So, I spell it wrong. Hookairs?

Yep, that's what I said. Both are correct. But I do agree it's regional - just like Ant - vs AUUUUnt

 

[DisneyfeverTN]

I grew up in AZ and have always heard it pronounced car-mel. So, that's what I always say. I also pronounce coupon just like it is spelled. However, a lot of people here in TN pronounce it Q-pon. Where's the Q??
I guess it is just what you are used to hearing.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I grew up in AZ and have always heard it pronounced car-mel. So, that's what I always say. I also pronounce coupon just like it is spelled. However, a lot of people here in TN pronounce it Q-pon. Where's the Q??
I guess it is just what you are used to hearing.

I say COO-PON, too. And I pronounce "tissue" TISH-OOH, not TISS-YUE (though, generally, I pronounce it "Kleenex." )

And pop is pop, not soda or "coke."

 

[dizneenut]

2 syllables.

 

[Blondie]

2 syllables.

 

[rie'smom]

I'm Southern and have always heard it pronounced cair - ah - mel.
Ummm,it's making me hungry for pralines. BTW,praline is pronouncedraw leen not: pray leen at least in New Orleans.

 

[Quasi123]

cahr-mul

 

[*Fantasia*]

two syllables

 

[Disney4Drew]

I pronounce caramel.....Y-U-M. Does that count?

 

[miss missy]

car-mel

 

[Narnian_Princess]

2 syllables, usually. It depends on the sentence I'm saying it in.

 

[ChrisFL]

I pronounce it the proper way...as it's spelled, with 3 syllables.

Anything else would be uncivilized

 

[Serena]

How's this for confusing.
It's car a mel(s) 3 sylabels,
or it's car mel apples,
or car mel corn. 2 sylabels.

 

[ChrisFL]

or it's car mel apples,
or car mel corn. 2 sylabels.

then its being spelled wrong

 

[pogo791]

I'm in the three-syllable group. Possibly it's my European background (the word caramel comes from Spanish or Portuguese by way of French, and a very similar word can be found in lots of other European languages), but more probably it's from being raised not too far from Carmel(-by-the-Sea), California. For me, car-a-mal is what you eat, cahr-mel is a place you go to.

 

[PrincessTiff]

I say it just like it is spelled = car-a-mel. I never understood the "carmel" pronounciation. I mean, don't you people SEE that "a" in the middle?

We people sure do see the "a" in the middle. However, i'm a southerner and that's how we pronounce it sweetheart.

He is!

Interesting, in my office, there are two people who say it with 2 syllables and, hmmmm, how should I say it? Well, they aren't the brightest of our staff.

You think because some people pronounce it differently that makes them "stupid" ? If that's the case, you pronounce it wrong to me; does that make you "stupid"?

 

[Christine]

We people sure do see the "a" in the middle. However, i'm a southerner and that's how we pronounce it sweetheart.



You think because some people pronounce it differently that makes them "stupid" ? If that's the case, you pronounce it wrong to me; does that make you "stupid"?

No, I don't think it makes people stupid. It's just so happened that in my particular office we had this discussion about a year ago. We have these two guys in our office that are always making word snafus and screw ups in every way imaginable--they were the only two to say "car-mul". They aren't from the south either. One is from Michigan, the other from Maryland.

I checked two online dictionary sites and they listed both pronounciations as acceptable; however, I noted that the 3 syllable pronounciation was listed first. I always thought that meant that the pronounciation listed first was the most accepted and preferable and the second or latter pronounciations were either adapted pronounciations that had come into acceptance?? Not sure.

 

[Chris and Pooh]

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I checked two online dictionary sites and they listed both pronounciations as acceptable; however, I noted that the 3 syllable pronounciation was listed first. I always thought that meant that the pronounciation listed first was the most accepted and preferable and the second or latter pronounciations were either adapted pronounciations that had come into acceptance?? Not sure.

Check the English pronounciation first as invariably it will be the original. The American way of pronunciation normally follows