MooNoi Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 So is it pronounced "scone" (rhyming with "gone") or "scone" (rhyming with stone")? I've always said the first version, but an English guy I was talking to on the weekend said it was the second one. In Australia we say the first version as far as I'm aware. Does it depend where you come from in England? What about the Scots and the Welsh? What version do they use? Is there a definitive answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Just a dialect thing, South Australians go to see a film, Victorians go to a fillum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Scone (same same stone) in the US. In Scotland, the king sits on 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 what is a scone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Scone (bread) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scones are also commonly served with jam and clotted cream (commonly known as a cream tea).The scone is a British snack of Scottish origin. A small quickbread made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, usually with baking powder as a leavening agent. British scones are often lightly sweetened, but may also be savoury. In the U.S., scones are drier and larger, and typically sweet. The pronunciation across the United Kingdom is varied. Some sections of the population (nearly two thirds of the British population and 99% of the Scottish population, according to one academic study) pronounce it as /skÉ?n/ (to rhyme with gone, the U English Pronunciation), and the rest pronounce it /skÉ?Ê?n/ (to rhyme with cone, the Non-U English pronunciation). According to Merriam-Webster, the word scone derives perhaps from the Dutch schoonbrood (fine white bread), from schoon (pure, clean) and brood (bread). Making way to the English language via Scots itself via Flemish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Do we have scones in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyebee Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 I think they're a bit like what you call English Muffins. And the Stone of Scone is pronounced "Scoon"! (Just like Thais pronouce the word school) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 thanks Munchie remember well when i was in britain for 3 months some decades ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Do we have scones in the USA? Read my post above, end of paragraph one, "In the U.S., scones are drier and larger, and typically sweet.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 I have had tea and scones (with jam and clotted cream) in the lobby of the Peninsula Hotel. Very pleasant and at a surprisingly reasonable cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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