Heinously Butchered (delicious) Word of the Week

Mainly butchered by me, admittedly.

CARAMEL: Yeah, yeah, I know it’s “properly” pronounced “care-a-mell” (or sometimes “care-a-mell“, by the über-snotty), but I pronounce it “car-mull”, and since I rule this tiny little corner of the blogosphere, that’s the correct pronunciation, as far as I’m concerned. I despise hearing “care-a-mell”. It’s a lot like hearing “jag-wire” instead of “jag-wahr”. One of Mrs. Johann’s customers, who apparently owns one, calls it a “jag-wahhhhhhh”, sort of tapering off at the end. Cretin.

On a related note…

There are two U.S. cities with the same name but pronounced differently:

Carmel, CA, whose main claim to fame appears to be having the great Clint Eastwood as a former mayor, is pronounced “car-mell“. Carmel, IN, a rather well-to-do suburb of northern Indianapolis, is pronounced “car-mull”, as in the “correct” pronunciation of the aforementioned delicious sundae topping/Snickers bar ingredient. Mmmmmm… Snickers bars…

I hope this clears things up a little. Not that you needed it or even asked, but hey- I’m here to help.