Scone or Scon?!

Lara_Croft.ie

Ok so bascially i need to get a majority of people on my side to say that 'SCON' is the correct pronunciation and not 'SCONE'! Now i might be entirely wrong with my pronuniciation of it but it's just annoying when you have people saying back to you that you that 'IT'S SCONE AND NOT SCON!'

Novella

Do you say 'con' instead of cone? No. So it is SCONE.

NothingMan

It's scone, unless you're one of those people. If ya say it your way it i'd have no idea what you were saying. Especially if we were talking on the phon.

pickarooney

If you use the word's actual spelling as one of the options for pronouncing it, you're kind of working against yourself.

I pronounce it to rhyme with 'cone' rather than 'gone'.

tommyhaas

What the hell is a 'Scon'???

petes

Scone. End of.

Abi

NothingMan wrote: »

It's scone, unless you're one of those people. If ya say it your way it i'd have no idea what you were saying. Especially if we were talking on the phon.

^Sniggered




Yes its 'S-cone".

orourkeda

cake

Colonel Sanders

Yeah definately rhymes with "bone". Scon? Where the hell did you grow up?

mikemac

Scone

Only wannabe posh people who think they are landed gentry say scon

Ilyushin76

Scone if there is butter on it.Scon without.

Colonel Sanders

add a poll OP (or should that be pol?). It will further add to your humiliation!

Dilynnio

it's SCON alroite!

mathepac

I never ask the butcher for 'T-bon' steaks, or should that be 'stee-ax'.

Faith+1

Bannana

ScumLord

Your all wrong, if your unsure just call it a 99.

orourkeda

pickarooney wrote: »

If you use the word's actual spelling as one of the options for pronouncing it, you're kind of working against yourself.

I pronounce it to rhyme with 'cone' rather than 'gone'.

or rhyme it with hone, tone, bone, lone, cone and zone rather that done, none and gone

Abi

feelingstressed wrote: »

Scone

Only wannabe posh people who think they are landed gentry say scon

I've only heard the ahjaysishowiye's saying it actually.

alwaysadub

scone-rhymes with bone.

You're not really doing very well here are you? :pac:

I think, maybe , up the North they say scon. I know a few people who do pronounce it like that, and they are all from that direction.

Dunjohn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7mzUejH5iM

Dravokivich

There's a bloke in here that I keep winding up, he's stopped saying scon around me now because i'd promptly say scone after him...

NothingMan

orourkeda wrote: »

or rhyme it with hone, tone, bone, lone, cone and zone rather that done, none and gone

Now we're in scun territory.

Scarinae

I pronounce it the same way as the OP, to rhyme with 'gone'. It doesn't bother me when people pronounce it to rhyme with 'cone', but it does bother me when people seem to take it really personally that I pronounce it different to them because it makes me sound 'posh' :rolleyes: and try to convince me to say it like they do. Both pronunciations are correct, so fúck off with your inferiority complex. Oh, and I also say yoghurt with a hard 'o' :P

ejmaztec

It's scone before it's eaten and scon afterwards.

Lara_Croft.ie

alwaysadub wrote: »

scone-rhymes with bone.

You're not really doing very well here are you? :pac:

I think, maybe , up the North they say scon. I know a few people who do pronounce it like that, and they are all from that direction.

No, it doesn't seem to be going my way at all! nothing really does anyway if you post in 'After Hours' You kinda expect people to say the opposite!

syklops

Its Scone. (pronounced skwun).

It rhymes with one. I thought everyone knew that.

NothingMan

Fishie wrote: »

I pronounce it the same way as the OP, to rhyme with 'gone'. It doesn't bother me when people pronounce it to rhyme with 'cone', but it does bother me when people seem to take it really personally that I pronounce it different to them because it makes me sound 'posh' :rolleyes: and try to convince me to say it like they do. Both pronunciations are correct, so fúck off with your inferiority complex. Oh, and I also say yoghurt with a hard 'o' :P

Now that's odd cos I would have said poshos would say scon and yog-hurt and normies would say scone and yo-ghurt. But you've destroyed my convention and done gone mixed it up all together! I smell something fishie!!!

Liam Byrne

Fishie wrote: »

Oh, and I also say yoghurt with a hard 'o' :P

Are we removing "n's" from words too ?

Lara_Croft.ie

Fishie wrote: »

I pronounce it the same way as the OP, to rhyme with 'gone'. It doesn't bother me when people pronounce it to rhyme with 'cone', but it does bother me when people seem to take it really personally that I pronounce it different to them because it makes me sound 'posh' :rolleyes: and try to convince me to say it like they do. Both pronunciations are correct, so fúck off with your inferiority complex. Oh, and I also say yoghurt with a hard 'o' :P

Touché

Ruu_Old

Novella wrote: »

Do you say 'con' instead of cone? No. So it is SCONE.

*voice in back of crowd* I say 'con'!

seamus

"Scon" is the preferred British way of saying it, which is why anyone pronouncing it "Scon" in Ireland is likely to attract a particularly fervent opposition to it, even if the person complaining isn't entirely sure why they hate it.

However, even in the UK, "Scone" is slowly gaining popularity and will probably become the majority pronunciation in the UK within 50 years.

Interestingly in Scotland, "Scone" is almost unheard of and almost everyone prefers "Scon".

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/survey-report-icphs.pdf

ctrl-alt-delete

Scone when it is in front of you,

Scon when you have ate it.

Thats how i say it anyways.

dlofnep

Who the **** says scon?

Scarinae

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Are we removing "n's" from words too ?

Touché.... I don't have the anatomy for that though!

Fittle

seamus wrote: »

"Scon" is the preferred British way of saying it, which is why anyone pronouncing it "Scon" in Ireland is likely to attract a particularly fervent opposition to it, even if the person complaining isn't entirely sure why they hate it.

However, even in the UK, "Scone" is slowly gaining popularity and will probably become the majority pronunciation in the UK within 50 years.

Interestingly in Scotland, "Scone" is almost unheard of and almost everyone prefers "Scon".

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/survey-report-icphs.pdf

That's coz they can't talk proper in Scotland....;)

dlofnep

Fittle wrote: »

That's coz they can't talk proper in Scotland....;)

Or England.

pickarooney

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2262365955

Wikipedia says 2/3rds of British people (99% of Scots) pronounce it like 'gone'.

questionmark?

Its scone not scon <wtf is scon.

Its Vase not vaase and **** it while we're at it its not humid its bloody close!

_MadRa_

I Wish the Landed Gentry were Still at Sea..

mathepac

pickarooney wrote: »

Wikipedia says 2/3rds of British people (99% of Scots) pronounce it like 'gone'.

I believe wiki.

Traditionally Scottish kings were crowned on a throne containing the Stone of Scone (scone having the same pronunciation as stone here) until Edward Longshanks robbed it and took it to England.

Over the centuries the English pushed this false 'scon' thing to try and dupe the Scots and the rest of the world into believing that there never was any such thing as the 'Stone of Scone', just a funny English bun with a different name.

Maggie or Tony fecked all that up when they gave the 'Stone of Scone' back when the Scottish County Council was formed, but now the English (and their lick-spittle west-Brit lackeys) have forgotten how to say 'scone' properly and are stuck in 600 year-old time-warp. (imho of course)

Biggins

Scone - its not rocket science.

emeraldstar

The only people who pronounce it 'scon' are English people and my granny.

pickarooney

mathepac wrote: »

I believe wiki.

Traditionally Scottish kings were crowned on a throne containing the Stone of Scone (scone having the same pronunciation as stone here) until Edward Longshanks robbed it and took it to England.

Over the centuries the English pushed this false 'scon' thing to try and dupe the Scots and the rest of the world into believing that there never was any such thing as the 'Stone of Scone', just a funny English bun with a different name.

Maggie or Tony fecked all that up when they gave the 'Stone of Scone' back when the Scottish County Council was formed, but now the English (and their lick-spittle west-Brit lackeys) have forgotten how to say 'scone' properly and are stuck in 600 year-old time-warp. (imho of course)

The town in Scotland is pronounced 'Skoon' (like 'spoon') so that blows that battleship of bullѕhit out of the water.

emeraldstar wrote: »

The only people who pronounce it 'scon' are English people and my granny.

And 99% of Scottish people. Keep up.

pablomakaveli

Friend: Hey pablomakaveli, would you like a scon.


My reaction: http://up-ship.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ffffuuuuu.jpg

stovelid

Rock Bun.

blaze1

feelingstressed wrote: »

Scone

Only wannabe posh people who think they are landed gentry say scon

its the opposite in england.. i say scon... poshy people would say scone.

was only having this debate in the job the other day...

FYI i'm not posh

emeraldstar

pickarooney wrote: »

And 99% of Scottish people. Keep up.

Ara whist, you. British people then.

milly4ever

alwaysadub wrote: »

scone-rhymes with bone.

You're not really doing very well here are you? :pac:

I think, maybe , up the North they say scon. I know a few people who do pronounce it like that, and they are all from that direction.

it is definitely pronounced 'scon'.
i always thought the only people to say 'scone' were posh english types!

starbelgrade

stovelid wrote: »

Rock Bun.

A rock bun is like a cross between a cookie and a small cake, distinguished by the hard, crust-like texture and sweet taste. Rock buns also usually also have a sugar-crust topping.

A scone, on the other hand, has a more bread-like texture, or can be termed a cake, if sugar is added. Both have a very distinct texture to rock buns, as they are a lot softer & have a less open and more moist texture.

Never get the two confused... wars have been started over such small details.

ejmaztec

In England, posh people say scone, and the peasants say scon.

stovelid

starbelgrade wrote: »

A rock bun is like a cross between a cookie and a small cake, distinguished by the hard, crust-like texture and sweet taste. Rock buns also usually also have a sugar-crust topping.

A scone, on the other hand, has a more bread-like texture, or can be termed a cake, if sugar is added. Both have a very distinct texture to rock buns, as they are a lot softer & have a less open and more moist texture.

Never get the two confused... wars have been started over such small details.

Aye, I meant I always go for the Rock Bun

I'm afraid to admit it here but I do tend to call the other ones scons