Indeed. More about saying "caramel" and other words.
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Here’s a close one - the word caramel. It’s pronounced as a two-syllable word - car-ml - by 38.02 percent of the respondents, and as a three-syllable word - car-a-mel - by 37.66 percent. But ask yourself. Do you say caramel differently when you say caramel corn or caramel apple?
I do! I used to think "carmel" and "caramel" were to different words, with distinct meanings. I now know to spell both "caramel," but still use the two pronunciations to mean different things.

They are "caramel" apples, because you make them by melting those little square, mostly solid, candies that Kraft makes (caramels). But Twix bars have "carmel" -- the gooey, liquidy stuff. huh Oh . . . except I say "carmel" corn. I don't know why!

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