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  1. Kev b

    Kev b Well-Known Member

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    so for today's subject

    is it Scon or Scone ....


    enjoy

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    Definitely 'scone'

    .. 'cos my mum used to make them and she said 'scone' so it must be right and anyone who says different is wrong
     
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    Definitely scone otherwise why have the "e" on the end?
     
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  4. Kev b

    Kev b Well-Known Member

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    it's 50/50 in the office today,
     
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    MrsHallsToffeerolls Well-Known Member

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    Its scon, well they usually do in our house quite sharpish.
     
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    Definitely "scone", and pronounced in Barnsley with a long and satisfyingly flat o in the middle. Every time me Mam baked 'em she used to say, "They call these scons in Scotland." So there, it's official.
     
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    Scone. It's just cone with an s on the front. What else can it be?
     
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    How do you pronounce 'gone' though?

    I pronounce it 'scone' but apparently 2/3 of people in the UK say 'scon' which includes 99% of Scotland, though interesting the Scottish village of Scone is pronounced Scoon. In the Oxford English Dictionary both pronunciations are given so I don't think there is a correct way.
     
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    For me it has always been a scon.

    But the village of Scone in Perthshire is pronounced Scoon. ????? WTF is that all about?
     
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    So is Troon pronounced Trone?
     
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    MrsHallsToffeerolls Well-Known Member

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    It`s warming up a bit now Kev.
     
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    I can see it ending at multiple pages. Thank the lord for hybrid view.
     
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    Mmmmm.... warm scone with a bit of butter and strawberry jam.
     
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    Scone with a silent "e"

    Can i change the subject? One i always like to argue is WTF is "Unsmoked Bacon"? I know its plain bacon but why do they have to call it "unsmoked"? I never ask for an "unpeppered steak" so why do they describe it as that? FFS. Unless they take "Smoked bacon" then put it thro a process of unsmoking? Who knows?
    What next "Hossless Pies"?

    See how i'm trying to make it a heated debate?
     
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    What about that black footballer Cone?

    Anyone brave enough to pronounce his name Coon?

    Only asking. :p
     
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    aye we getting there mate, but out of interest how do we say One

    (oh and fence post is stuck up my ass so i dont know)
     
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    Spelt 'scone' but pronounced as 'scon'.

    Oh and eat them quickly because once they're scon they're scon :D
     
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  18. Mrs

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    Mrs Miggins speciality I`m told.
     
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  19. Mrs

    MrsHallsToffeerolls Well-Known Member

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    Windass.
     
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    Scone for me
     
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