I use both interchangeably (NorCal born & raised). If I'm just talking about it I usually say care-uh-mel but for whatever reason I say car-mull when I am ordering a caramel frapuccino or caramel machiatto from Starbucks.
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Re: How do YOU pronounce it? CarAmel or Carmel?
carmel popcorn
car-a-mel apples
care-uh-mel
dirty south
LOL!
ditto
Christian Alexander - 11/13/06
Amelia Rose & Owen Thomas - 3/29/11
LOL
Thats cute.
I say both depends.... I guess guess whatever comes out first. I'm from the mid-west.
ditto this
With the A.
I am Mid-Atlantic, but was raised in the Midwest.
DS - December 2006
DD - December 2008
Ditto.
I had to think about it really hard though- I don't say it much! LOL
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car ah mel
ETA: Midwest - Ohio
It depends on the situation.
I say car-mel apples and popcorn.
but If I am referring to just a piece of candy, I say car-a mel.
This (Midwest all my life)
?This exactly!