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Questions about English used in the United States and Canada, but usually not Mexico.

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Why do North Americans pronounce "caramel" as "carmel"?

"Caramel", which (clearly) has an "a" in the middle, has only this spelling world wide. But in my experience, North Americans (Canadians too) don't pronounce the middle "a". They pronounce it exactly …
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