Caramel ( care-uh-mel) or carmel (car-mal) that is the question.
Fights about this have broken apart more friendships than I care to admit...okay, maybe not that many...okay, maybe three...okay, none! Happy now? The pronunciation of caramel hasn't ruined any relationships, or at least I don't think so. But it does cause fights. I have indeed argued with people about proper pronunciation of caramel , this is a subject I am very passionate about. Now, for the point of all my ramblings, to those who say Caramel (care-uh-mel): Hey, great job, you have a brain. For those who say carmel (car-mal) YOU. ARE. WROOOOOOONG. And I'm going to tell you why. First off, lets start with the most obvious, spelling. Caramel. Just look at it, I don't understand why this is so hard. Cara-mel, there are two "a" 's in that word, stop leaving one out, "A" number two gets very angry when you do that. Here's another point, Google (or other search engines) If you type in "caramel" guess what the flip you get? CARAMEL! Caramel definitions, recipes, pictures. Now let's search "carmel" do you wanna know what comes up now? Carmel, California. Yeah, not candy. Still think they're the same? Another vote in the Caramel campaign is that fact that's as I'm typing this, every time I wrote "carmel" it's underlined in red. "Caramel" on the other hand is sittin' pretty looking at poor, wrong, carmel thinking about how sad it must be to have a big, fat, red squiggly line broadcasting to the world how wrong it is. I'll give you a mini bonus reason/story. A little while ago, I was at dinner with some friends and of course over dinner we were arguing about caramel, afterwards, we decided to see the movie "Inside Out" and guess what? And I quote "The caramel (care-uh-mel) ones are the best." -Bing Bong The Elephant. Even movies agree!
How do you say caramel? The wrong or right way? Have I changed any of your minds? And do you even care?
As you can tell, the pronunciation of caramel is extremely important to me, but I also wrote this all in good fun. As long as you completely agree with everything I say and share the right way of saying caramel with everyone you meet and convert them to carAmelisim...heh, heh, *nervous laugh* where did that come from?
-Sarah The Human Being <3