Poll: Pronunciation of chamomile

In My Humble Opinion
41

Same as this. I was raised in Nebraska.

42

Kam uh meal, east Tennessee.

43

Kam-uh-meal.

Michigan.

44

I’ve only heard cam-o-mile.

Some tiny speck of the former British Empire.

45

Kam - uh - meal

SW Ontario

46

Mom (from Europe) always says cam-oh-mile.

Everyone else I’ve met says cam-oh-meel including Mrs. BwanaBob.

Sorry, mom. (New York reporting).

47

Kam-uh-meel is nearest to French.

48

Cam - ah - mill

California

49

KAM-o-meal.

Ontario, but I’m likely biased as I was raised in a French-speaking household (where you pronounce it kam-oh-meeyh).

50

KAM-(schwa)-meel. This is the first time I’ve heard of an differing pronunciation.

51

KAM-uh-MEEL. -Great Lakes Region.

I had an ex that used to pronounce it Kuh-MOM-uh-LEE. :rolleyes: