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I’m not sure but I think I stress the third syllable?
Also the R is part of the second syllable
CA-ra-mel.
Because that’s how it’s spelt.
Me too. Also it’s pronounced like that in every language I know, so…
American-centric polls…
hi, the options i presented here are based on ipa transriptions i could find, which all include the rhotic r at the end of the first syllable, including some attested british pronunciations. in general, deciding whether or not a consonant phoneme is at the end of one syllable or the start of the next is not an exact science, so i went with the option that was listed when i looked up these transcriptions, which has r at the end of the first syllable. it also makes it easier for me because unambiguously transcribing the various vowel phonemes in the first syllable would be harder if i couldn’t compare the pronunciation to ‘car’ or ‘care’. not everyone knows the ipa so i had to make some sacrifices to make a less confusing poll.
this is where, from my point of view, the issue with your transcription ‘ca-ra-mel’ ‘how it’s spelt’ arises. i don’t know which vowel you mean for either of the ‘a’s in that transcription. i could easily see either being an attempt at representing /æ/ or /ɑ/.
this poll does have more usamerican pronunciations on it than ones from other regions, due to a combination of a) those being what inspired me to make this poll, b) that i am from the us, c) the fact that the us has substantial variation in pronunciation of caramel compared to other major english-speaking areas, and d) that the online transcriptions i found were mostly usamerican ones.
@specialkindofidiot’s claim of stress on the third syllable is very interesting and i would love to know more, but i suspect what they are referring to is a secondary stress, where the third syllable is stressed more than the second but less than the first. i believe this is common to most three-syllable pronunciations of ‘caramel’ but i chose not to transcribe it for ease of reading.
Yeah that sounds about right