Pronunciations that drive me crazy.

Pronunciations that drive me crazy. Sept 25, 2018 14:52:34 GMT

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Post by Salzmank on Sept 25, 2018 14:52:34 GMT

Sept 25, 2018 14:37:53 GMT movieliker said:

Sept 25, 2018 14:34:03 GMT Salzmank said:

That’s not true, at all. It’s a regional difference; if you want, I can show you the New York Times data specifically on caramel, but I doubt you’d care. Nevertheless, respectfully, you’re wrong.

You can show me. But caramel and carmel are two different spellings with two different pronunciations.

We have a high school down here called Mount Carmel. It is pronounced Mount Carmel. Not Mount Caramel.

According to you, not according to linguists. Sorry.

www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-pronounce-caramel

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/06/22/9-pronunciation-arguments-you-can-stop-having/

www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html

I’d link you to the NYT survey/article (it’s fun), but unfortunately I’m paywalled there.

But, logically, saying caramel as two syllables is objectively wrong only if saying pop instead of soda is objectively wrong—i.e., it’s not. (BTW: I say caramel as /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/, three syllables. But I also say caramelize as /ˈkɑrˈmɛlaɪz/, also three syllables—two in caramel for that word.)