"Scone"

Gilly · 31 May 2006 at 02:36

Gavstar said:
Oxford Dictionary says skon, I say skon, that can't be coincidence.

Good lad

Gavstar said:
I have never thought of skown as the 'posh' way, more the ill-educated one

Really though, when you think about it, whats the difference?

Freefaller · 31 May 2006 at 07:58

VeNT said:
this agressive enough?
SKONE!

Check my first reply to this thread

meghatronic · 31 May 2006 at 11:01

Soulja said:
i use both

Seb · 31 May 2006 at 11:36

Zefan said:
SKON

aye!

Vonhelmet · 31 May 2006 at 12:34

Scone as in skon to rhyme with gone, John and echelon.

I bet my wife says scone to rhyme with cone though. She is from Lancashire though, so we'll let her off.

-gem- · 31 May 2006 at 12:36

scone... due my slightly random accent

-Ad- · 31 May 2006 at 13:42

William said:
Skon.

P.S

The best are plain, with cream and strawberries, jam will suffice.

MMMMM tasty. The best are cornish ones. Scrumptious

Gavstar · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:08

Gilly said:
Good lad

Really though, when you think about it, whats the difference?

The difference is one more thing to clutch at to make me feel superior!

WantoN · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:09

Scone you heathens!

People who say Skon are too close to gutter-snipe to eat them

Ant

Exentia · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:48

if it was sc-own then this:

whats the fastest cake in the world.......scone!

would make no sense...so SKON...and im southern!

edit - \/ \/ \/ Wrong!!!!111oneone....wait is that ownown or wunwun :confused:

WantoN · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:52

Exentia said:
if it was sc-own then this:

whats the fastest cake in the world.......scone!

would make no sense...so SKON...and im southern!

That joke is rediculously unfunny, hence your point is void

Ant

westie17 · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:37

scone!

jezsoup · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:41

cream teas all the way!

Glaucus · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:46

SKon here as well.

we need a poll.

Gavstar · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:25

AcidHell2 said:
SKon here as well.

we need a poll.

Why? When we have this:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/scone?view=uk

End of, surely?

$c8t@ · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:41

~J~ said:
Y'know, makes me laugh. I'm a northerner, proud of it, yet if I said that I had made something, phentically I'd say "I'd med it".

The higher class would mock and laugh at me, say I was thick, stupid, perhaps point an sneer, whilst they ate their "Skon's" with a cup of tea.

What pillock said that saying "Skon" was for posh people? What utter tosh.

Well all I'll say on the matter is that it's "SCONE", there are two vowels surrounding a constantant and thus you emphasise the last vowel.

Home, Dome, Made, Cake, Plate, Same, Life, Phone

Not Hom, Dom, Mad, Cak, Plat, Sam, Lif or Phon.

Speaking of which, think I'll have one now.

haha, im a notherner too :rolleyes:

But

surely you'd say

you med a scone at 'om? :confused:

for example

lol

for the record, i'd say scon

escape sanity · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:49

Its scone people. Cone with an s sound at the beginning of it. If it was supposed to be pronounced "skon" why did they put an e at the end?

Darkwave · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:49

Main Entry: scone
Pronunciation: 'skOn, 'skän
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from Dutch schoonbrood fine white bread, from schoon pure, clean + brood bread
: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet

Mirriam-Webster.

escape sanity · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:52

The dictionary is wrong!11!!!!11!!11!11! :eek:

Von Luck · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:52

There's no right way of saying it - can be 'scone' or 'skon', all depends on how you've been brought up.

Personally I'd always thought of the 'skon' pronunciation as being a bit hoity-toity - feels like you have to make an additional effort to say it that way rather than as 'scone'.