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copperbooms:

i don’t understand why americans pronounce caramel like carmel you can’t just miss out a letter because you feel like it the a is not silent ok

Oh, is that so, Britain?  How do you pronounce Worcestershire?  Because every British person I know pronounces it “Wooster”.  And why is Cockburn Street in Edinburgh pronounced “Coburn”.  Don’t you lecture me about missing out letters when a quarter of the letters in every British place name aren’t pronounced.

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    Oh, swell. I was GOING to try to sleep for the first time in two days, but now I’m going to be up all night coming up...
  4. dignified-and-old reblogged this from amanda-gayfried and added:
    Yeah, CARE-a-mel for life
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    That’s easy. The 17th is “this past Monday.” The 24th is “this Monday.” And the 1st is “next Monday.”
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    Excuse you I have a different pronunciation of caramel for every day of the week And to answer your question: it doesn’t...
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    I say it carmel, if I’m not paying attention or talking quickly. I only say ‘caramel’ if I’m ordering something with it...
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    I didn’t know anyone said it carmel Neat
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    I feel the need to point out to Rin
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    I actually use both of them depending on what i am talking out. Example I call them carmel apples and caramel is an ice...
  28. bekuki reblogged this from bloodsuckeroni and added:
    Seriously, I pronounce it as caramel, and I’m from down south. America is a big country! Of course we’re going to have...
  29. bloodsuckeroni reblogged this from copperbooms and added:
    think it’s an American thing I think it’s...parts of America thing. THE WRONG PARTS.
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