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How do you pronounce caramel?

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December 14, 2020, 04:33 PM
flashguy
How do you pronounce caramel?
quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
I was raised to pronounce it 'carmul' but have since been pronouncing it caramel. Although, I go back to my roots when I say 'carmulized onions'. Soooo, I'm screwed up. Mrs DF and the boys rib me for saying 'white' instead of 'wyte'. I actually pronounce the 'wh' sound but not overly so. This is a source of amusement for my family.
Pronouncing the "wh" is correct. Tell them so and look smug.

flashguy



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December 14, 2020, 04:45 PM
joel9507
'Car-a-mel' is just 'carmel' with a PR agent. Wink
December 14, 2020, 04:48 PM
HK Ag
ker ah mel as the noun should be.

Kar ma lized onions as the verb should be.
December 14, 2020, 05:37 PM
Woodman
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December 14, 2020, 05:43 PM
darthfuster
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
I was raised to pronounce it 'carmul' but have since been pronouncing it caramel. Although, I go back to my roots when I say 'carmulized onions'. Soooo, I'm screwed up. Mrs DF and the boys rib me for saying 'white' instead of 'wyte'. I actually pronounce the 'wh' sound but not overly so. This is a source of amusement for my family.
Pronouncing the "wh" is correct. Tell them so and look smug.

flashguy


I haven’t tried smug yet. Let’s see how that goes....Big Grin


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December 14, 2020, 05:54 PM
Jester814
Should have had an option for both. I say it both ways.


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December 14, 2020, 05:58 PM
recoatlift
quote:
Originally posted by Outfitter33:
So how would you say caramelized onions?


I’d have to get Joe Biden to pronounce it.
I need a belly laugh along with his blank facial expression.
December 14, 2020, 06:02 PM
recoatlift
quote:
Originally posted by recoatlift:
quote:
Originally posted by Outfitter33:
So how would you say caramelized onions?


I’d have to get Joe Biden to pronounce it.
I need a belly laugh along with his blank facial expression.


Ps...I’m 73, in my youth, on radio or TV. it was pronounced car-mul. Never heard of the fancy way til the pc crowd showed up,cara-mel.
December 14, 2020, 06:11 PM
Oz_Shadow
Care Mul

You should see the funny looks I get up here saying oil and foil as one syllable like it’s supposed to be.
December 14, 2020, 06:57 PM
Drifter27
Car-mel. Aint got time to be pc asking for the best candy there is.

Dont ask about Caribbean. Its complicated
December 14, 2020, 07:09 PM
egregore
quote:
Mrs DF and the boys rib me for saying 'white' instead of 'wyte'.


Stewie and Brian from Family Guy - Wheat Thins commercial
December 14, 2020, 09:22 PM
divil
Car-mul. Probably incorrect but a bit of Appalachian creeps in my dialect now and then. Wink
December 14, 2020, 10:27 PM
YellowJacket
Cair-uh-mul.


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December 15, 2020, 02:04 AM
46and2
"Cara-mel".

"Car-mel" is a city in California.

I don't know what "Car-mul" is.
December 15, 2020, 02:20 AM
Paten
It depends on whether I'm British or American. I didn't know there were so many people from the UK here.

How to pronounce CARAMEL in English
December 15, 2020, 06:37 AM
arfmel
quote:
Originally posted by BurtonRW:
One is correct. The other suggests illiteracy.

-Rob


And the other, pretentiousness, in some regions of the country.
December 15, 2020, 12:20 PM
ggile
Kar-mul with a K. Same thing with kam-mul.


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December 15, 2020, 12:48 PM
SIG4EVA
Depends on the product mentioned.

Car mul apples.

Caramel treats.


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December 15, 2020, 02:03 PM
Tinyman
Care-a-mul

Anmother one that Mrs Tinyman uses is Sa L mon. I say samon.


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December 15, 2020, 02:44 PM
hberttmank
I don't eat the sweet stuff but around here it was always carmul. If it was pronounced car a mel, they were either a yankee or a left coaster. No offence to you guys. Smile


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