Do you pronounce caramel as car-mel or cara-mel
Discuss how why the other pronunciations are wrong
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SomeMichGuy · M
Carmel-by-the-Sea for the town in California.
[car-MEL]
When I was growing up, many people would say "carmel" (as "CAR-muhl", typically for "caramel corn"), which was common or the same for "caramel apples", or even the cubes of "caramel" which you use to melt to make the dip for the apples.
"Caramel" ["CARE-uh-mel"] makes more sense to my tongue if you notice the "-mel" and use a short 'e' (as with Melvin, Melanie, melt) rather than a schwa 'e'.
So that was a S Central Michigan pronunciation. LOL
[car-MEL]
When I was growing up, many people would say "carmel" (as "CAR-muhl", typically for "caramel corn"), which was common or the same for "caramel apples", or even the cubes of "caramel" which you use to melt to make the dip for the apples.
"Caramel" ["CARE-uh-mel"] makes more sense to my tongue if you notice the "-mel" and use a short 'e' (as with Melvin, Melanie, melt) rather than a schwa 'e'.
So that was a S Central Michigan pronunciation. LOL