this is a good post-- but unless you have traveled-- you don't realize that something is a regionalism!

a local radio commercial has been mocking the way most NYer's? (any one else?) say caramel--

cara mel has a "boston a" for the first A(cara as in cara mia-) - but most NYer's say car mel with a much "harder" a .. I have traveled-- but never went looking for caramels... how do you all say it?