How do you pronounce caramel? - Page 2

judy0330 · ‎01-03-2011

According to Webster -- "car-a-mel" is the preferred pronunciation.

handygal2 · ‎01-19-2015

Just like it’s spelled!

Take the two names, “Cara” and “Mel,” and combine them: car-a-mel. Three syllables.

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faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

Car (like the thing you drive)- mul.

Marp · ‎03-09-2010

Whichever way would disqualify me from being a Q host for reasons of improper pronunciation.

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SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

W-e-r-t-h-e-r-'s

x Hedge · ‎08-18-2016

I pronounce it with two syllables.

Around here it sounds like kar-mll.

Accent on the kar followed by m sliding into a hard midwestern L.

No vowel sound in the second syllable.

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

My 9th grade English teacher corrected me and told me that the correct pronunciation was cara mel. I have pronounced it that way since. No car-mel because that is a place not a candy. (according to Mrs. Nader) LOL

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

Always cara-mel. I don't know anyone in the deep South that pronounces it car-mel.

Must be a 'regional' thing.

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Peaches McPhee · ‎04-19-2010

care-a-mel.

I pause just a bit before I say it and pronounce it in my head first.

But, I hear it pronounced all sorts of way.

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faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

@Trinity11 wrote:
My 9th grade English teacher corrected me and told me that the correct pronunciation was cara mel. I have pronounced it that way since. No car-mel because that is a place not a candy. (according to Mrs. Nader) LOL

Isn't it funny how some teacher quotes stick with you forever?