Foliage - how do you pronounce this word?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a midwesterner, I’d really love for you to ask the speakers to pronounce “caramel” and report back here.

I can’t stand it when people drop the second a.
It’s not Mt Carmel. It’s care-uh-mel!

Syrup drives me nuts too- it’s seee-rup not sir-rup

No, it’s sir-rup throughout most of the US, so I guess you’re either going to be driven nuts on a regular basis or avoiding pancakes and waffles.