Ciara1d ago
Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
Show threadCiara1d ago

Ditto:

'Why are you still on Bluesky too?'

'But did you *delete* your Twitter account?'

’You said you switched to Proton mail too, oh that’s bad, once someone at Proton said something’

It’s nice to see new neighbours move into the Fediverse. It feels unwelcoming to see people immediately interview them about the purity of their intentions. Or telling them You’re Doing It Wrong. They've just arrived on a journey away from Big Tech. Maybe they'd prefer to be offered a seat and a cup of tea.

Show threadJim Daly1d ago
@CiaraNi And maybe a nice biscuit or a scone.
Show threadCiara1d ago
@psneeze Someone would immediately tell them they pronounced Scone the wrong way.
Show threadCiara1d ago
@psneeze That someone would be me, if they pronounced it Skon, not scone-rhymes-with-Eoghan
Show threadJim Daly1d ago
@CiaraNi 100% it's Eoghan!
Show threadCiara1d ago
@psneeze Yes it is! I can't believe there are people who walk this earth saying Skon Skon Skon.
Show threadDavid Bridger23h ago
@CiaraNi I say skon. It's the correct way, a northern hill to die on.
Show threadMattChippytea23h ago
@DavidBridger @CiaraNi there were few survivors of the scone/skon wars. #skonskonskon
Show threadCiara

@Wifiwits @DavidBridger This has happily reminded me of one of the happiest moments of my life, the moment when I learnt that the Scone of Stone in the Discworld is based on an actual real Stone of Scone in Scotland.

#SconeRyhmesWithEoghan
#SconeNotSkon

Mar 22 at 10:12amWeb
Show thread🐕22h ago
@CiaraNi @Wifiwits @DavidBridger often wondered if they pronounce it scone or scone in Scone.
Show threadDavid Bridger22h ago
@jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits I believe they pronounce it skon.
Show threadTim Crumpton22h ago
@DavidBridger @jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits I don't know how they pronounce scone in Scone, but I do know they pronounce Scone skoon
Show threadCiara22h ago

@timpootle That entire sentence makes sense to me, which it probably shouldn't.

@DavidBridger @jbenjamint @Wifiwits

Show threadSchroedinger's Possum21h ago
@CiaraNi @timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @Wifiwits
:)
Show threadCiara21h ago

@schroedingerspossum
Haha that thought struck me too. It's a very Fediversey thread, in the best way. As is your excellent meme, which made me laugh aloud.

@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @Wifiwits

Show threadDavid Nash14h ago

@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits I have always been amused that the following sentence:

"I ate one scone at the Stone of Scone"

contains four occurrences of the letter sequence "one" that are often (in some accents, consistently) pronounced *completely differently*. It's not as bad as the situation with "ough", but it's pretty close.

Show threadCiara14h ago

@dpnash That's excellent

@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @Wifiwits

Show threadDavid Nash14h ago

@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits It gets worse. If you're willing to stretch things a bit,

"I am done eating one scone at the Stone of Scone"

could count as five, because "done" and "one" have the same vowel but the "o" in "one" includes a weird "w" sound at the beginning.

Show threadCiara14h ago

@dpnash That is either much worse or much better, I can't quite decide

@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @Wifiwits

Show threadCiara22h ago
@DavidBridger @jbenjamint @Wifiwits I believe they pronounce it scone
Show threadCiara22h ago
@jbenjamint @Wifiwits @DavidBridger I wonder that too, now
Show threadMark Reid22h ago

@jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits @DavidBridger

*taps mic*

Ahem…

SKWON

*runs, hides*

Show threadCiara22h ago

@mdreid Skwon! Well maybe if you're in the process of eating one, then with your mouth full that's what Scone sounds like

@jbenjamint @Wifiwits @DavidBridger

Show thread🐕21h ago

@CiaraNi @mdreid @jbenjamint @Wifiwits @DavidBridger Scone rhymes exactly with Doune (another very historic town just down the road).

Hope that helps.

Show threadDavid Bridger21h ago
@jbenjamint @CiaraNi @mdreid @Wifiwits Purrfecto!
Show threadCiara21h ago

@jbenjamint Doune. Skoon. Rhymes with loon.

@mdreid @Wifiwits @DavidBridger

Show threadBodhipaksa12h ago

@CiaraNi @jbenjamint @mdreid @Wifiwits @DavidBridger When I was a wee boy my dad told me we were going to Doune Castle*. I misheard it as Doom Castle and was very disappointed when he put me straight.

*They filmed some of Monty Python and the Holy Grail there.

PS. Scone is a Scots word and we say it skon, but if you guys want to sound silly that's absolutely fine 🙂

Show threadCiara12h ago

@bodhipaksa Doom Castle - I would have been disappointed too.

"Scone is a Scots word and we say it skon, but if you guys want to sound silly that's absolutely fine" - oh no, that's a credible argument. I may have to revise my stance. Or just avoid it by switching to muffins from now on.

@jbenjamint @mdreid @Wifiwits @DavidBridger

Show threadIsocat14h ago

The rhone, postponed, feels lonely on the scone.

@jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits @DavidBridger

Show threadCiara14h ago

@isocat Ha 🙂

@jbenjamint @Wifiwits @DavidBridger

Show threadKevin Smith6h ago
@CiaraNi @Wifiwits @DavidBridger I remember when It showed up in Thud (I think) and I was so glad I understood the reference, thanks purely to an episode of #HighlanderTheSeries