Dammit, for the last time: It's not "carmel," it's "caramel." THREE syllables.

[Redstone]

Redstone

[Gormy Cuss]

1. No, it's Carmel.

Clint Eastwood was the mayor for a bit.
Would you like a caramel?

[Capn Sunshine]

2. THIS is Carmel

He's right , there's three syllables in the roasted sugar thing.

[MrScorpio]

3. You haven't spent anytime in in Detroit

Only two syllables there

[zingaro]

4. It's regional.

I have this conversation often. When I say it, it's "carmel". But you New Englanders add letters and syllables. Either way, it tastes the same. :)

[stuntcat]

5. sometimes I say care-mul

when I'm talking too fast.. like the middle A is silent :blush: and I have an accent too so I probably sound wrong. But I never say "car-mel", that IS wrong.

[SPKrazy]

6. you are correct

it is a 3 syllable word

regional dialects vary but it is still 3 syllables

[GOPisEvil]

7. According to my dictionary, both are correct.

However, I believe a chef named Carem developed caramel, so I think it is more correct to use the 3-syllable pronunciation.

[Yavin4]

8. It's Caramel, and That's 3 Syllables of Deliciousness

Anything else is Al Qeada.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. It's spelled caramel, but pronounced carmel.

At least, in my opinion that's how it should be. Hearing it pronounced car-a-mel drives me up a wall, like hearing pecan pronounce "pee-KAN" with a long duration "pee" and KAN pronounced with that awful southern nasal "a" instead of the more gentle "ah" and emphasis on the last syllable. I prefer p'-kahn or PEE-kahn.

pee-KAN. Ewwww.

[GOPisEvil]

10. Antoine Carem farts in your general direction.

Or, he would, if he weren't dead. :P

[ThingsGottaChange]

11. Correct pronounciation is very imporDant, you know! nt

[Ellen Forradalom]

12. No need to go nucular over it

and anyway I could care less
:hide:

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

13. Oh, it's Carmel alright...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel,_Indiana

[MonkeyFunk]

14. I'm weird

if its inside a piece of candy, I call it carmel. If its a warn, golden sauce for putting on ice cream, I say caramel.

But onions are always carmelized.

[fishwax]

15. either way is perfectly fine

unless you're referring to the towns, which are spelled differently anyway :)

[supernova]

16. But it's Mt Carmel, IL

It's a little town outside Chicago.

It's not Mt Caramel. :P

I know it's spelled CARE -Ah- MEL. But at this point I would sound very pretentious if I started to pronounce it that way.