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BensGrandad · Nov 5, 2013

Wife and I just had tea and scones. I pronounce it as sc own s she says sc on s who is correct?

Tricky Dicky · Nov 5, 2013

Rhymes with gone.

Icy Gull · Nov 5, 2013

I think both are correct? Saying sCONE makes you sound a bit posh though.

dougdeep · Nov 5, 2013

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Icy Gull · Nov 5, 2013

dougdeep said:
The fastest cake in the world you know.

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Bloody hell, this is a bit Tony Blackburn

Mackenzie · Nov 5, 2013

I say sCONE, but then I did go to a very posh school.

:wink:

seagullsovergrimsby · Nov 5, 2013

I was brought up in Whitehawk and pronounce it sCONE whereas my missus was brought up in Hangleton and pronounces it sCON , so a bit of an east - west divide.

Bakero · Nov 5, 2013

Rhymes with gone unless you're posh, then it rhymes with own.

Turns out you're a little posher than your wife BG.

n1 gull · Nov 5, 2013

Def scOWN but I would be upstairs if living in Downton Abbey

sam86 · Nov 5, 2013

It's definitely SC-OWN. If you say SC-GONE, you are practically a peasant.

banjo · Nov 5, 2013

n1 gull said:
Def scOWN but I would be upstairs if living in Downton Abbey

Lucky you I'd be living with scuttle maid.

The Antikythera Mechanism · Nov 5, 2013

How do you say scone

Hope this helps, although I'm not sure if it does.

fruitnveg · Nov 5, 2013

Peasant reporting in. :salute:

Icy Gull · Nov 5, 2013

fruitnveg said:
Peasant reporting in.

With that user name, we already knew :lolol:

Tricky Dicky · Nov 5, 2013

MacKenzie said:
I say sCONE, but then I did go to a very posh school.

I went to a pretty posh school too, but I don't recall discussing teatime snacking items, so was never taught the proper speaks. I still think they rhyme with gone.

Mackenzie · Nov 5, 2013

Tricky Dicky said:
I went to a pretty posh school too, but I don't recall discussing teatime snacking items, so was never taught the proper speaks. I still think they rhyme with gone.

You never did teatime snack elocution lessons at your school!!!?

Poor show.

Bold Seagull · Nov 5, 2013

BensGrandad said:
Wife and I just had tea and scones. I pronounce it as sc own s she says sc on s who is correct?

Should the thread title not be 'cream tea'?

BensGrandad · Nov 5, 2013

Bold Seagull said:
Should the thread title not be 'cream tea'?

No only had butter and jam on them not cream. In fact we have them most days

soistes · Nov 5, 2013

I think there's a north-south element to it as well as class
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/scone

WATFORD zero · Nov 5, 2013

seagullsovergrimsby said:
I was brought up in Whitehawk and pronounce it sCONE whereas my missus was brought up in Hangleton and pronounces it sCON , so a bit of an east - west divide.

I had sCONEs as a kid in Mile Oak. Does that mean Benfield was posh ?

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