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.

The fact that the thread under this Serious Toot has ascended into a pleasant war about the correct way to pronounce Scone is why I love the Fediverse

#SconeNotSkon
#SconeRyhmesWithEoghan

@toothless
I'd love to see a map like this of North America and some theories of why different areas pronounce it the way they do.

I definitely say it in a way that rhymes with 'cone' and have no idea why.

@CiaraNi

@wannabemystiker @toothless

'I definitely say it in a way that rhymes with 'cone' and have no idea why.'

Oh I can explain that. The reason you think Cone rhymes with Scone is because it does. Skon be gone.

@CiaraNi

"Oh I can explain that. The reason you think Cone rhymes with Scone is because it does. Skon be gone."

Haha! That explains it!

My Irish ancestors came from Clare (180 years ago) and my English ancestors came from the West Midlands (300 years ago) -- all in the "cone" zone but there's no way that speech pattern would hold that long -- or maybe it would. 🤔

@toothless

@wannabemystiker A Clare man at heart - a county that not only pronounces scone correctly but is very beautiful too. I like the idea of a 'cone scone zone'.

@toothless