Scone. Anyone who says scone is wrong.
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Hard to disagree with that.
This thread is asking for trouble
Agreed, I think half the community will turn against me if I post my answer 🗿
At least nobody has asked which order to put the jam and cream on, there'd be carnage
I'll bite.
It's a "skone". Clue is in the fact it's spelt "scone", ie just substitute the K for a C. It it was a skon it would be called a scon.
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If it was suppose to be a skone it would be called a skone.
The town in Scotland is pronounced "Skoon".
This is the correct answer.
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Rhymes with "gone"
I've always said scone as in bone. My Aussie other half says skon so by default I end up saying "scone slash scon". I count this as being billingual.
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I go with skon, for I am common as muck and not ashamed of it. I won't judge you if you say skone, but I will think you're posh.
But I am common as muck. I haven't met an H I haven't dropped and I'm proper Bermondsey and Millwall. And it's a "skone". In fact the only people who call it a "skon" in my experience in deepest darkest Saaaaaaaf Laaaaaaandaaan are posh cnuts.
Spock has a cat. Your argument is invalid.
Hmm, I'm willing to entertain your evidence but let's do an experiment.
"Hew mate, giz a skon"
"Greetings good sir, would you mind if I partake in one of your delightful skones?"
Yeah, nah, one of these is deffo posher than the other 😉
"alright geez, giz a skone"
"Good evening my good man. My name is Lord Ponsonby Smythe Smythe Smythe. Could I trouble you for one of those skons?"
Works both ways.
Edit: my friend, who I am currently drinking pints with, says "skon is more northern but posh and scone is more estuary".
And he's an expert and a cunt (his own description of himself).
I see we shall have to agree to disagree*, that second one makes no sense! :D
* but we'll do it in a civil manner, 'cos this is a nice place
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The thing about that is everyone believes the way they don't pronounce it is the posh way.
Where I grew up, calling it skon would get you labelled posh.
Edinburgh-er here - skon for the cake thing, skoon for the town. Skown never.
Normally when you say 'skoon' you're referring to the 'stone of scone', our big lump of magical red sandstone, which is obviously completely unlike any other bit of rock you might find on your travels. Used to be what the kings/queens of Scotland were crowned upon until the English stole it for theirs to sit on; if you say it that way, we'll have to assume you're interested in a debate about the role and future of the monarchy and will engage you.
For me, I pronounce it as cone with an s at the start. Whereas my parents pronounce it as con with an s at the start.
Scone makes more sense then scon, purely by spelling, if it was scon then it would be spelt "scon".
Scone rhymes with gone, much to the annoyanve of my partner who rhymes it with stone.
I'm a commoner, so it's Scon for me! As humans we tend to cut out words and letters due to laziness, or to put it positively, to save time 😂.
Scon to rhyme with gone is how posh people say it - the Queen said it that way herself!
Scone rhymes with stone
Skon, for me.
Although if you're talking about the Palace in Perthshire, then it's Skoon.
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That's easy. I pronounce it correctly.
Didn't think we'd be getting to the drama quite so soon!
I'm in the south west and I say it like 'cone' with an s at the start. I view the other way as being posh, but oddly enough it's the other way around for people in other parts of the country.
One of the things I love about the UK is the diversity in terms of accents, it's so rich
I had a feeling what I was walking into with this question.. Can't say i expected the draw it's turned into though!
I'm from the south of England but live on the east coast of Scotland and I pronounce it Skon
Grew up in Yorkshire where we will shorten anything but an "o" sound, which instead becomes very long. So scone rhymes "stone", with extra "o".
Slap bang in the blue area: https://brilliantmaps.com/scone-map/
This is some serious analysis!
Same here. Always used to associate the short o scone with "posh" people.
I love the map, thanks for sharing, it's an interesting visualisation
Technically neither is "correct" (as if a pronunciation by native speakers could be in any way wrong) as it's originally a Scots word, and in Scots it's pronounced [skɔn] so that it rhymes with "lawn"
Easy, it's Skone until you eat it, then it's Skon.
Easy, it's Skone until you eat it, then it's Skon.
I can't help but see skone. However, my husband insists on being team skon so we both call it a skon, against my best judgement.
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I grew up in the west midlands in a 'skone' household, but have since moved to Scotland and live with a scottish person who accuses me of being posh if I pronounce it that way. I generally use 'skon' now in the interests of domestic harmony. I do draw the line at 'skoon' though; that's just wrong.
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I’m from the Derbyshire Dales and my partner is from West London and we’re both team skone, thankfully.
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