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over a year ago
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"sk own 
Thanks for that. I thought I was missing something... what's the difference between the two when both are written scone, x"
Scone or Scone Palace is in Perthshire, Scotland and pronounced Skoon / Scoon    |
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"Scone ends with an e, therefore making the vowel before it, a hard sound, so Scone should be pronounced to rhyme with Stone. "
so how do you explain 'one'? |
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?  "
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
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"Scone ends with an e, therefore making the vowel before it, a hard sound, so Scone should be pronounced to rhyme with Stone. "
This! It's a scone to me. But Scon to Paul. But then I wasn't brought up round here but he was.
I say bath like Barth he says bath
I say tooth he says tuff
I say mum he says mom
Bloody brummys   |
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"Scone ends with an e, therefore making the vowel before it, a hard sound, so Scone should be pronounced to rhyme with Stone.
so how do you explain 'one'?"
More words ending in 'one' having the inflection going down as in 'own' than upwards as in 'on'.
But a scone is a scon, dammit.
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me 
gone
none
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S won't go in front of any of them ..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
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How does it ever rhyme with one?!  |
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"Skon
Not
Skone
Did it occur to you that after writing this post that if the correct pronunciation was skon then there wouldn't be an 'e' on the end ? "
You mean like the 'e' that isn't there in 1?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
S won't go in front of any of them ....."
what the 'S' does something magical that the others don't? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scone ends with an e, therefore making the vowel before it, a hard sound, so Scone should be pronounced to rhyme with Stone.
This! It's a scone to me. But Scon to Paul. But then I wasn't brought up round here but he was.
I say bath like Barth he says bath
I say tooth he says tuff
I say mum he says mom
Bloody brummys "
I live with a Scotsman |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
S won't go in front of any of them ....."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Skon
Not
Skone
Did it occur to you that after writing this post that if the correct pronunciation was skon then there wouldn't be an 'e' on the end ? "
If I ate each and every scone until there were none - would that be "nun" or "n-own"
There's not an English pronunciation definitive on this - hence the fun as everyone is right really! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Next question - which goes on first, the jam or the cream...?!
Neither. I make cheese ones
With cayenne pepper...straight from the over with proper butter?"
Sometimes with a little chilli.
Sometimes with a little streaky bacon.
Normally just lots of cheese and a little wholegrain mustard |
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
How does it ever rhyme with one?!
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! It always rhymes with one unless you say it wrong and make it rhyme stone or cone. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
How does it ever rhyme with one?!
! It always rhymes with on unless you say it wrong and make it rhyme stone or cone."
Yes I pronounce it "skon" but I read yours as referring to the number one -- |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
How does it ever rhyme with one?!
! It always rhymes with on unless you say it wrong and make it rhyme stone or cone.
Yes I pronounce it "skon" but I read yours as referring to the number one -- "
As in "skun" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
How does it ever rhyme with one?!
! It always rhymes with on unless you say it wrong and make it rhyme stone or cone.
Yes I pronounce it "skon" but I read yours as referring to the number one --
As in "skun""
That's because you're pronouncing 'one' wrong |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Next question - which goes on first, the jam or the cream...?!
Neither. I make cheese ones
With cayenne pepper...straight from the over with proper butter?
Sometimes with a little chilli.
Sometimes with a little streaky bacon.
Normally just lots of cheese and a little wholegrain mustard "
Why not make some corgette ones?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
How does it ever rhyme with one?!
! It always rhymes with on unless you say it wrong and make it rhyme stone or cone.
Yes I pronounce it "skon" but I read yours as referring to the number one --
As in "skun"
That's because you're pronouncing 'one' wrong "
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"But how would say bath ?
Baaarrrth or bath?
I get in or travel to ba(r)th but for some reason I swim in a swimming ba-th (with an a like in car)
As for scone, it should always rhyme with one.
I drink from a glass and wear glasses but for some reason I look through windows made from gla(r)as
How does it ever rhyme with one?!
! It always rhymes with on unless you say it wrong and make it rhyme stone or cone.
Yes I pronounce it "skon" but I read yours as referring to the number one -- "
I did mean 1 but it rhymes with 'on' to. But I think the best rhyme to show the point is the rhyme with 'none' (except that some do actually pronounce that 'nun' to) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I did mean 1 but it rhymes with 'on' to. But I think the best rhyme to show the point is the rhyme with 'none' (except that some do actually pronounce that 'nun' to)"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Depends if it's the place or the bread
The place is pronounced Scone whereas the bread is pronounced scone 
Is there really a place called # scone Suzi xxxxxxxx"
Place is pronounced 'skoon'/'skuin'. It's in Scotland, always pronounced incorrectly |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Did this come from my America post?
It's pronounced scone. As in the Stone of Scone. (Ask a Scot)
And it should be referred to as 'high tea' "
The place is pronounced 'skoon' or 'skuin' |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
gon
non
dun
so it's scun then??!! "
where did the 'U' ever come from?!
No, it's scone. |
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"Sod the scon,
do you cook it in a cooker or a cooker.
Do you add potato and tomato, or potato and tomato?
Does your water come from a reservwaar or a reservoy?"
Mine, I believe, comes from a reservoir! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Did this come from my America post?
It's pronounced scone. As in the Stone of Scone. (Ask a Scot)
And it should be referred to as 'high tea'
The place is pronounced 'skoon' or 'skuin'"
Loving this thread. [Pron: leurve-in this perve sesh] |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You'd laugh (is that larrrrf or laffff) if you knew my job involved over seeing ESOL/linguistics dept.....
Then you know better "
I still don't see 1 being pronounced as rhyming with on (as in on something) but each to their own!! |
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"Next question - which goes on first, the jam or the cream...?!
Neither. I make cheese ones
With cayenne pepper...straight from the over with proper butter?
Sometimes with a little chilli.
Sometimes with a little streaky bacon.
Normally just lots of cheese and a little wholegrain mustard "
When are you making them....I'll be over |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"One?
That will be 'Skun' then.
It might catch on
Are there really people on here who pronounce 1 (one) as "un"?
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Yes! Is the best representation I can show you with out full phonetics lettering avail -- I'm so intrigued as to how you're saying it -- I mean skun to rhyme with done |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"one as in 'once'.
Phonics is never very exact with English."
Then we are saying it the same! (I just pronounce one starting with a kinda "w" which is not there at all with saying on) |
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
gon
non
dun
so it's scun then??!!
where did the 'U' ever come from?!
No, it's scone."
How a word is spelt is only a guide to how it's pronounced.
Is minute a period of time or something very small
Is polish a description of what Germans do to their boots or the description of the people from a country often invaded by the Germans.
Have you read this post or are you going to read it later?
Should Slough be pronounced sloff just because cough is not pronounced cow? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"one as in 'once'.
Phonics is never very exact with English.
Then we are saying it the same! (I just pronounce one starting with a kinda "w" which is not there at all with saying on) "
It would be weird without the 'W' |
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"One?
That will be 'Skun' then.
It might catch on
Are there really people on here who pronounce 1 (one) as "un"?
Yes! Is the best representation I can show you with out full phonetics lettering avail -- I'm so intrigued as to how you're saying it -- I mean skun to rhyme with done "
I pronounce 1 as w-on |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"one as in 'once'.
Phonics is never very exact with English.
Then we are saying it the same! (I just pronounce one starting with a kinda "w" which is not there at all with saying on)
It would be weird without the 'W' "
Phew!
So I'm scone as in gone
I'm one as in (once / skun with the w sound)
And on as in bong!
I'm knackered. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
gon
non
dun
so it's scun then??!!
where did the 'U' ever come from?!
No, it's scone.
How a word is spelt is only a guide to how it's pronounced.
Is minute a period of time or something very small
Is polish a description of what Germans do to their boots or the description of the people from a country often invaded by the Germans.
Have you read this post or are you going to read it later?
Should Slough be pronounced sloff just because cough is not pronounced cow?"
I think you need to read the thread more carefully. And this time take note of the jokes about the intricacies of our language that you apparently missed.
In any case the 'u' thing still makes no sense. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Bit posh, scone, vase, bath and vase all pronounced in old English.
Arse is arse not ass.
Still prop the bar up and have a drink with the lads though, just moved about a bit xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"One?
That will be 'Skun' then.
It might catch on
Are there really people on here who pronounce 1 (one) as "un"?
Yes! Is the best representation I can show you with out full phonetics lettering avail -- I'm so intrigued as to how you're saying it -- I mean skun to rhyme with done
I pronounce 1 as w-on"
Yup, but do you see my point that this isn't the rhyme of 'on' as in to sit on? Anyway, it doesn't really matter, two is my fav number! |
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
gon
non
dun
so it's scun then??!!
where did the 'U' ever come from?!
No, it's scone.
How a word is spelt is only a guide to how it's pronounced.
Is minute a period of time or something very small
Is polish a description of what Germans do to their boots or the description of the people from a country often invaded by the Germans.
Have you read this post or are you going to read it later?
Should Slough be pronounced sloff just because cough is not pronounced cow?
I think you need to read the thread more carefully. And this time take note of the jokes about the intricacies of our language that you apparently missed.
In any case the 'u' thing still makes no sense."
I'm not sure I get your point. This whole thread is meant to be a joke, isn't it? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Bit posh, scone, vase, bath and vase all pronounced in old English.
Arse is arse not ass.
Still prop the bar up and have a drink with the lads though, just moved about a bit xx"
Did they have a bath in Old English? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Bit posh, scone, vase, bath and vase all pronounced in old English.
Arse is arse not ass.
Still prop the bar up and have a drink with the lads though, just moved about a bit xx
Did they have a bath in Old English?"
You know what i mean, I didn't know how to best word it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Bit posh, scone, vase, bath and vase all pronounced in old English.
Arse is arse not ass.
Still prop the bar up and have a drink with the lads though, just moved about a bit xx
Did they have a bath in Old English?
You know what i mean, I didn't know how to best word it "
Ahh you missed Teasing Thursday blu would of loved that with you |
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"Apparently the Scots named it - so maybe it's scooone
well my nanna says skoan
I'd say thats the most correct as shes 90"
She probably invented them.
They made them better in Devon though. |
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
gon
non
dun
so it's scun then??!!
where did the 'U' ever come from?!
No, it's scone.
How a word is spelt is only a guide to how it's pronounced.
Is minute a period of time or something very small
Is polish a description of what Germans do to their boots or the description of the people from a country often invaded by the Germans.
Have you read this post or are you going to read it later?
Should Slough be pronounced sloff just because cough is not pronounced cow?
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A minute is one sixtieth of a degree which is a minute portion of a circle.
Germans? Polish?? Nein, sie polieren ihre Schuhe!
Snakes SLOUGH their skins, and as I think it THROUGH, that should be ENOUGH of an example as to how to pronounce SLOUGH. (THOUGH I could be wrong!)
Ah, the rules of English spelling and pronunciation!   |
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"Apparently the Scots named it - so maybe it's scooone
well my nanna says skoan
I'd say thats the most correct as shes 90
She probably invented them.
They made them better in Devon though."
I refrain from saying my nannas baps taste great though..especially on this site.. |
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"Can I say "How now brown cow" and
" The rain in Spain stays plainly on the main" now?
I've been gearing up to it most of this thread "
The water in Majorca don't taste like it oughta |
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"Can I say "How now brown cow" and
" The rain in Spain stays plainly on the main" now?
I've been gearing up to it most of this thread "
Oh my ....how silly I am!
" The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain".... |
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"Scone is cone with an S in front of it.
How anyone came to the conclusion of scon is beyond me
gone
none
done...
gon
non
dun
so it's scun then??!!
where did the 'U' ever come from?!
No, it's scone.
How a word is spelt is only a guide to how it's pronounced.
..... And this time take note of the jokes about the intricacies of our language that you apparently missed.
In any case the 'u' thing still makes no sense."
gone (as in it's "gon" )
none (as in there are "non")
done (consider it "Don" (sounds like a duck) or consider it "dun"?)
That's where the "u" came from ...Don and dusted!
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"Scone ends with an e, therefore making the vowel before it, a hard sound, so Scone should be pronounced to rhyme with Stone.
So like GONE then?
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Yes exactly. Everyone knows it pronounces g-OWN |
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"Skon
Not
Skone
yup same here
Next question - which goes on first, the jam or the cream...?!"
Depends if you are in Devon or Cornwall. They get arsey over shit like that |
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"Skon
Not
Skone
yup same here
Next question - which goes on first, the jam or the cream...?!
Depends if you are in Devon or Cornwall. They get arsey over shit like that "
Personally I don't really mind whether the jam or cream comes first, I'll take it what ever way it comes. However if I'm doing it myself then, if it's clotted cream, then it's cream first but, if it's whipped cream, then it's jam first.
But I absolutely insist that it's milk (full fat) first before the tea is poured
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