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American here: I've never heard it pronouned any other way.
Do you also hear Caramel pronounced as Carmel? I hate that one...
That one depends on the person. Sometimes it's "care-mul" but others sometimes annunciate the word "carAmel" properly. Especially those in and around Carmel. Because it is not candy.
carmel is a pretty little town... didn't they elect clint eastwood as mayor or something?
That's a regional thing in the US. I've always pronounced the second a.
I figured it'd be america tbh. Not a single word there is pronounced correctly
Not true. We have exactly one word that is pronounced that way. 😌
Huh. I guess correctly is pronounced correctly lol
I hate this weird mix between IPA and Latin letters. It's not how this works
You're joking, right? Under what standard are words in American English pronounced incorrectly? I mean, let's just take this example:
Seriously. It's new git. Why the hell have a t if it's silent? And I was taught by candy commercials, the only time we really even hear the word is in reference to candy.
Why the hell have a gh if it’s silent? English is screwy
To distinguish it from taut which is pronounced the exact same way. :)
We didn't bother with wind, wind, live, live, etc.