Scone or Scone
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Scone or Scone
How do you pronounce it?
Scone - as in bone is obviously correct
but I've heard some social misfits pronounce it as in 'gone', which is obviously incorrect
Scone - as in bone is obviously correct
but I've heard some social misfits pronounce it as in 'gone', which is obviously incorrect
Re: Scone or Scone
I've heard both, but always used the scone/bone pronunciation myself.
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Re: Scone or Scone
Scone, rhymes with cone.
T'other way is the southern way.
And they're all too stupid to realise how daft they sound....
T'other way is the southern way.
And they're all too stupid to realise how daft they sound....
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Re: Scone or Scone
As though it is "gone".
Anything else just sounds posh and pretentious.
Anything else just sounds posh and pretentious.
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Re: Scone or Scone
but it has an 'e' on the end, for when you have 'scones' (bones)BWFC_Insane wrote:As though it is "gone".
Anything else just sounds posh and pretentious.
Scons would be appropriate in your case, you mental.
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Re: Scone or Scone
The Stone of Scone is pronounced as bone.
But the cake-like Scone is pronounced s'gone!
I just made that up!
But the cake-like Scone is pronounced s'gone!
I just made that up!
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Didn't realize it was a north south thing. I'd assume it was an English/American thing even though I'm not sure if Americans are even familiar with the word.CrazyHorse wrote:Scone, rhymes with cone.
T'other way is the southern way.
And they're all too stupid to realise how daft they sound....
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Re: Scone or Scone
Just like you don't write gon.Lofthouse Lower wrote:but it has an 'e' on the end, for when you have 'scones' (bones)BWFC_Insane wrote:As though it is "gone".
Anything else just sounds posh and pretentious.
Scons would be appropriate in your case, you mental.
Anyways the majority of folk in the UK use the scon pronunciation so I'll stick with that. Cos its right!
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Its not a North/South thing that is incorrect. I believe when they researched it, the spread of pronunciations was entirely random. Just more folk pronounce it gone than bone.seanworth wrote:Didn't realize it was a north south thing. I'd assume it was an English/American thing even though I'm not sure if Americans are even familiar with the word.CrazyHorse wrote:Scone, rhymes with cone.
T'other way is the southern way.
And they're all too stupid to realise how daft they sound....
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Re: Scone or Scone
It is a North/South thing.
BWFCi is just embarrassed to discover he's lumped in with Gooner Girl, Gary the Enfield and bish.
Next he'll be wearing a pearly jacket and eating pie and mash.
BWFCi is just embarrassed to discover he's lumped in with Gooner Girl, Gary the Enfield and bish.
Next he'll be wearing a pearly jacket and eating pie and mash.
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Re: Scone or Scone
Scone as in gone of course.
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http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_ ... scone.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;CrazyHorse wrote:It is a North/South thing.
BWFCi is just embarrassed to discover he's lumped in with Gooner Girl, Gary the Enfield and bish.
Next he'll be wearing a pearly jacket and eating pie and mash.
Sorry but its not a North/South thing.Unlike some words and sounds eg the vowels a and u, it wasn't a north/south thing but seemed completely random and quirky. What was amazing was how much passion the subject generated. I had always said 'scone' to rhyme with 'gone' and thought the 'bone' pronunciation was very posh and pretentious. Those who said 'scone' to rhyme with 'bone', I discovered, felt exactly the same about my pronunciation. The OED is no help on the matter, giving both pronunciations (with the 'bone' sound first, if that means anything). John Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at UCL conducted a survey and found that two-thirds of the population prefer the 'gone' pronunciation. That pronunciation was overwhelmingly preferred in Scotland,
In my experience more folk from that there London say s"cone" than s"gone".
Cone is the posh way, however you may like to slice it!
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S-cone (rather than S-con) - not a shred of doubt.
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Oooh I'm posh. First time I've ever heard that. Must say it more often so that more people will know. Might even help me in my new job hunt.
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Agreed. S"cone" is the posh way of saying it.BWFC_Insane wrote:http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_ ... scone.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;CrazyHorse wrote:It is a North/South thing.
BWFCi is just embarrassed to discover he's lumped in with Gooner Girl, Gary the Enfield and bish.
Next he'll be wearing a pearly jacket and eating pie and mash.
Sorry but its not a North/South thing.Unlike some words and sounds eg the vowels a and u, it wasn't a north/south thing but seemed completely random and quirky. What was amazing was how much passion the subject generated. I had always said 'scone' to rhyme with 'gone' and thought the 'bone' pronunciation was very posh and pretentious. Those who said 'scone' to rhyme with 'bone', I discovered, felt exactly the same about my pronunciation. The OED is no help on the matter, giving both pronunciations (with the 'bone' sound first, if that means anything). John Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at UCL conducted a survey and found that two-thirds of the population prefer the 'gone' pronunciation. That pronunciation was overwhelmingly preferred in Scotland,
In my experience more folk from that there London say s"cone" than s"gone".
Cone is the posh way, however you may like to slice it!
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Re: Scone or Scone
Cockney BWFC_Insane wrote:Lor' luv a duck! Sorry but its not a Narth/Sarwf fing.
Cor blimey Mary Poppins. In me experience mawer folk from what there Laaandon say s"cone" van s"gone".
Cone is da posh way, 'owever yew may like ter slice it! Know what I mean?
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Agreed, the Scone - Cone way sounds posh.BWFC_Insane wrote:As though it is "gone".
Anything else just sounds posh and pretentious.
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Re: Scone or Scone
I say scone, obviously.
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