HiglerfayHow do you pronounce "scone"?
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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NoTimeThis is the correct answer.
If it was suppose to be a skone it would be called a skone.
sideoneSkone, like phone and bone.
Skon, like shone and gone.
shone and gone
Those don’t rhyme
The town in Scotland is pronounced "Skoon".
HanhulaWhich is precisely why 'shone' and 'shown' are said the same way, of course.
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.
I kind of fell into skon that way too but from being out in public. Perhaps it is because we are in scotland but I swear it is 50/50 on how someone chooses to pronounce it!
Scone. Anyone who says scone is wrong.
Hard to disagree with that.
TeaHandsI 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".
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 skon"
"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.
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
By the power of editing clarification I shall smight thee in twain.
Lol your friend is incorrect but I do appreciate his confidence (and your underhand ways)
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.
SanguineParSkon, for me.
Although if you're talking about the Palace in Perthshire, then it's Skoon.
Good shout, wouldn't want to embarrass myself when I make my way out there after the new museum opens.
rubikfrogThis thread is asking for trouble
ChaosAgreed, I think half the community will turn against me if I post my answer 🗿
wildeaboutoskarAt least nobody has asked which order to put the jam and cream on, there'd be carnage
breadsmasherSlice the scone in half.
Scone. Cream. Jam.
Anything else is a crime against humanity
Definitely skone. Never heard anyone say skon. But I'm also on the west coast of the US, so that's likely a factor.
People on the west coast of the US are posh, confirmed!
the_boxheadI thought this was called a “biscuit” in the states? <<not wanting to cause trouble, I’ve seen biscuits & gravy look like it>>
I’m from the Derbyshire Dales and my partner is from West London and we’re both team skone, thankfully.
Em-SquaredI'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.
Best answer yet, esp since I imagine you have plenty of fun colloquialisms with an Aussie partner!
Ha. Thanks. Navigating those delicate variations in the shared English language (lollies for sweets, chips for crisps and yet chips are chips. I'll never get that). Oddly my OH says pasta as in parstar compared to my pasta as in..er..Rasta. Language eh.Don't get me started on Yoghurt as in Yowghurt.
ScottBut pasta is Italian (alright, it's Chinese (props to Messrs. Polo)) and they pronounce it the Australian way.
Disclosure: I grew up in Australia but live here now.
edentThat's easy. I pronounce it correctly.
I'm from the south of England but live on the east coast of Scotland and I pronounce it Skon
Brought up in the home counties and it's always been scone (bone) to me.
Related controversy: café, one or two syllables??
I'm my unqualified opinion, two for sure. How do you even say it otherwise? Caff?
I would say it with two but I know plenty who say it caff!
I feel bad for that é, it barely gets to do anything in English and then when it gets a chance people ignore it anyway smh 😔
Well now I've been sent down a rabbit hole on borrowed words in English and am very upset that décor has been made so boring.
doccloxDepends. If it's a greasy spoon sort of place, then caff. If it's a bit posh, then caff-ay
I agree. A caff and a caffay are 2 different things
Rhymes with "gone"
Scone rhymes with stone
addieEdinburgh-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.
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".
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
Scone rhymes with gone, much to the annoyanve of my partner who rhymes it with stone.
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.
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!
FogI'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!
haychFor 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".
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.