You pronounce the word "caramel" as three syllables, amirite?

Lazy americans don't -.- it's spelled ca-ra-mel so pronounce it like that!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because the British (I'm assuming that's where you're from) definetley don't have any lazy speaking habits at all.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm from America, and I pronounce it with 3 syllables. Not every single American pronounces words "wrong", and not every single American bitches about British people spelling words with a u. Stop lumping us all together. We don't think all British people are stuck up assholes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

same here... i thought that was the way to say caramel!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Shut up. Don't call americans lazy just because they don't pronounce it the way you do.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Americans ARE lazy. They're bastardising the British language. They're removing letters from words (color, favorite) because they just cannot be bothered to type that one extra syllable. They're stealing names off Great Britain (New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New London, New England) as well as height names (Birmingham, Manchester, there's even a Canterbury in America). Then they get angry at us for spelling and pronouncing words differently. They sicken me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree that Americans are lazy, but those aren't the reasons WHY we're lazy...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Like how they cram so many doughnuts and pizzas down their necks that they end up too obese to get off their recliner seat which was purchased for $7.99 down Homebase and still has its price tag on it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You say that Americans bitch the British? You're stereotyping us. I, for one, and very athletic and only eat donuts on special occasions. And, my family doesn't own a recliner.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah. The ones you listed before lacked logic ("the British language" doesn't exist - it's just a dialect of English) but that's slightly more accurate.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wow those are all stereotypes you idiot. oh wow we have many fast food restraunts, that automatically makes us fat. so now, just because your british i assume you have bad teeth, you drink tea every second of the day, you talk about the weather all the time, and you listen to that weird music crap from the 1800's.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay, hating today's Americans for "stealing" names is too stupid to put into words. *They* didn't establish the names, the English settlers who moved to America did. Learn your facts before you rant about "lazy" Americans.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's ignorant. Like Retooser said, ENGLISH settlers named the cities. We didn't "steal" anything. WE get angry at YOU? What? You're the one bitching about how we changed a couple of letters.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah uhm us Sexii Canadians right over here say it favourite and colour, and neighbour so don't worry. I feel the same way it's stupid. It's pronounced CARAMEL not CARMAL. But in all honesty, we should all spell it the same, and say it the same (or try if you have a accent which I do) it's gay people need to stop fucking up the English language.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you sicken me you stuck up, arrogant, ignorant, dick wad, asshole son of a bitch. if I was as stupid as you think I am I'd think all British are as much of an idiot as you are. Luckily for you I know quite a few British people that are significantly more intelligent than you. Stop giving your own damn people a bad name.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know I should pronounce it correctly since that's how it's spelled, but I think it just sounds so much better with two syllables :/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I concur. I've always said CAR-mull, but I feel funny about it...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I say all three syllables, but not a lot of people think so. I say it like "CAR-a-MEL", with a quiet "a". But that's just how I was taught.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I pronounce it CARE-uh-mull.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's fucking care-uh-mEll.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

its just retarded not to do otherwise, i mean thats how its spelled, it isnt spelled "Carml".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@466080 (Anonymous): There are a lot of words that aren't pronounced how they're spelled =/ English is weird like that, so I don't think it's a big deal to say "carml" instead of "care-a-mel". "Care-a-mel" just sounds dumb to me, so I don't say it like that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i didnt vote cos its 218 on both sides at the mo... i just scrolled up and it seems somebody has already ruined it... I KNOW! i will vote the opposite in order to make it even again! Yay me!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wow, half and half for 'Yeah you are'! and 'No Way'

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well now I am starting to think the British ARE stuck up because of the British dude up there..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I usually say 3 syllables but sometimes I do say "car-mel". Usually if I'm talking about something that's just caramel flavored I use two syllables (like a "car-mel" mocha or something like that) but if I want some real caramel candy or caramel syrup on ice cream, I say "car-a-mel". Doesn't really make sense, but oh well!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I sometimes waver between both. And actually, not all Americans are fat and lazy. Sure, some of us are, but there are fat and lazy people all around the world. Heck, I can be one pound over what I should be and I'm put in that "overweight" category, so that doesn't mean that every single overweight person here is as big as a truck. And, a lot of people where I live actually like it when people say/write/type things differently from how we do it. In fact I automatically made friends with a dude because he said "The school clinic" because around where he lived, no one said "nurse" or "hospital"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wow, look at all the people making ridiculous statements that boil down to "I don't pronounce it correctly (basically)because I like it better the wrong way". So what? You're still wrong, and you sound poorly educated. Probably the same types who say "lay" down on the bed and use words like "funner". >=[ I hate mangled language due to willful ignorance in any nationality. Quit spending all day at school obsessing about how you look and putting down others, and effing pay attention in class! Then actually *use* what you learn!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

For me, if I'm talking about the softer or liquidy kind, then I pronounce it three syllables, like ca-ra-mel ice cream topping. If I'm talking about the harder kind then its two syllables, like car-mel candies. Haha. It makes sense to mee (:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I say it with, like, 2 1/2 syllables, lol, I barely say the middle a, so idk if it counts as a whole syllable :) and I say the -mel ending part like e and u combined, idk I'm southern so that's probably why. :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Do you mean you say it care-uh-mul?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah and the uh part is barely there.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i used to say carmel, but then i went to new zealand and learned the right way :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thought this was the only way to say it...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's weird, when I say it out loud I don't but when I read it in my head for this post I did, without even knowing that's what it was about.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I didn't even know people shortened it to 2 syllables... Ca-ra-mel.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A lot of this is regional dialects/pronunciations; this was actually a question on the Harvard regional dialect survey a few years back and they found a lot of interesting things. (I know no one's going to read this comment since it's so late, but no one had mentioned this aspect yet so, just being stuffy/pedantic.)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's pretty cool! :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Excuse me 4th anonymous person to comment up there, Americans DO spell things differently. And if you would stop bitching and actually do your research, you would know why. Before spelling was even established there were already European settlers over here, so what do you think happened? We made our rules, and you made yours. So stop telling us we're dropping letters and insulting the language. I personally love the way some Brittish words have french dissent, and you obviously asume us Americans are too ignorant to know anything about language anything unless it's about us. Shut up and learn something. I apologize to all the other Brittish people out there, without a doubt you're more intelligent than this idiot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How about we all agree Australians pronounce things the best?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

its kind of like Caribbean i say cara- be- an, when im tlking about the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" but when im talking about the vacation spot i say care-ibb-ean

by Anonymous 13 years ago