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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!'

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Eddie Ere

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I would associate scon with boggers.

Shhhkooone actually.

Anthony Walsh

I have only heard one person say scon but that was used in the context of 'Look at the scon on the wan'. The accent was put on btw.

Oh and its definitely Scone, that is why it is spelt that way:cool:

eightyfish

Scone.

I was in Subway getting lunch earlier today, and the D4 guy beside me pronounced lettuce in the weirdest way I've ever heard.

"And some letch-ice."

Eddie Ere

eightyfish wrote: »

Scone.

I was in Subway getting lunch earlier today, and the D4 guy beside me pronounced lettuce in the weirdest way I've ever heard.

"And some letch-ice."

I pronounced out loud, then laughed :pac:

Kormeera X

i hate the word scon, its so posh. its called a scone!

pickarooney

Kormeera X wrote: »

i hate the word scon, its so posh. its called a scone!

Ah, underscores. That settles that then.

We briefly touched on 'yoghurt' earlier. Are there any insufferably barbarians out there who wish to admit to pronouncing it yogg-ert/yoag-ert?

bnt

seamus wrote: »

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

Correct - and who invented the scone? Hint: it wasn't the Irish or the English. The word comes from the Lowland Scots "scon", meaning to strike with the flat of the hand - as you do when making scones by hand. So, you folks may all pronounce it to rhyme with "cone", but ... you're all wrong.

Just to confuse matters, there's a place in Scotland called Scone, but pronounced "Scoon". It's famous for the Stone of Scone, which formed part of the coronation rituals of Scottish kings, but taken to England by Edward I.

recylingbin

Scone rhymes with gone, you bunch of oiks.

NothingMan

pickarooney wrote: »

We briefly touched on 'yoghurt' earlier. Are there any insufferably barbarians out there who wish to admit to pronouncing it yogg-ert/yoag-ert?

As I said it's Yo-ghurt, poshos like my gf say Yog-hurt.

[Deleted User]

It's hilarious that in Ireland people think 'scon' is posh. It's the opposite in England. You would have got the sh*t kicked out of you for saying 'scone' at my school in Manchester. It's 'scon' in Northern Ireland as well for the same reason. And 'Yoghurt' with a long 'o' is just considered American.

Liam Byrne

pickarooney wrote: »

Ah, underscores. That settles that then.

We briefly touched on 'yoghurt' earlier. Are there any insufferably barbarians out there who wish to admit to pronouncing it yogg-ert/yoag-ert?

Aren't those the two valid (well, one valid plus the poncey "yogg-ert" abomination) pronunciations ?

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=yoghurt

Mind you, that site does like hedging its bets :

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=scone

Scarydoll

Scone as in I'm s'goin mad readin this tread.

ejmaztec

[quote=[Deleted User];66796656]It's hilarious that in Ireland people think 'scon' is posh. It's the opposite in England. You would have got the sh*t kicked out of you for saying 'scone' at my school in Manchester. It's 'scon' in Northern Ireland as well for the same reason. And 'Yoghurt' with a long 'o' is just considered American.[/QUOTE]

...and also, don't forget those French cars that only exist in Ireland, Pewjoe and Rennolt.:pac:

Kasabian

Everyday i thank my God that I have a job. That is all I will be gon now.

CrazySnakeLady

The word comes from the Stone of Scone the stone that Scottish kings were crowned on in the City Scone, considering that it was originally a Scottish word both pronouncations may be wrong because Scottish people roll their vowels and replace "o" with "u" while speaking so the original pronounciation would have been more like "Scuun" in the same way that they pronounce Scottish as "Scuttish" and Look as "Luuk"

bnt

CrazySnakeLady wrote: »

The word comes from the Stone of Scone

Please see my post above and/or Wikipedia. "Scone" - the cake - is derived from the Lowland Scots "scon". Scone ("skoon"), the name of the place (and stone), is derived from Gaelic. They may look the same in the English alphabet, but they have totally different origins.

Mr. Presentable

According to this authority http://www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/american/scone

Rhymes with gone is American

Rhymes with bone is English

Max Power1

its pronounced scone.

unless you are 50+ or from the west, in which case scon is the usual

skywalker_208

Its Scone!
definately Scone!

Scon is not a real word

billymitchell

Ah, tomato tomato :rolleyes:

Hank_Jones

It's scone, the e isn't silent.

Young Biff: Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?
Old Biff: It's *leave*, you idiot! "Make like a tree, and leave." You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong.
Young Biff: All right then, LEAVE! And take your book with you!

CrazySnakeLady

bnt wrote: »

Please see my post above and/or Wikipedia. "Scone" - the cake - is derived from the Lowland Scots "scon". Scone ("skoon"), the name of the place (and stone), is derived from Gaelic. They may look the same in the English alphabet, but they have totally different origins.

Is Wikipedia the be all and end all of every question on the internet? I mean seriously if the answer to every question is on the almighty wiki why bother asking the question then? my reply gave an alternative whereas your reply is the result of a wikipedia search, if that was what the OP was looking for I'm pretty sure he could have just done that search himself. I honestly believe the phrase "Where's your source on that?" is the scourge of every forum on the internet because no one thinks for themselves anymore, you ask a question and straight away 20 people reply with a link to a wiki page and another 20 post a links to random pages that totaly contradict wiki so whats the point? if 20 + pages all contradict each other then no one is right, there's just as much chance at this point that I am right as there is that your are right.

Snow Leopard

it's shcone. "Throw us over an aul' shcone and a cup of tae there and sher that'll be grand"

I'm a bogger

dlambirl

SCONE... definitely!

Anthony Walsh

I'm from the west and i say Scone but to be fair I am no bogger. It's not scon, I agree schone is more acceptable

cbyrd

in our house its scone.. but we don't eat them anyway

but another interesting thing is the book buck discussion that will have daggers at dawn in my house
I say book my husband says buck fo book
and cook is cuck
and i ask is look luke too??
what about vehicle and veh-hickle.. bloody guards and what hell are GORDY as that bloody woman on the rté news says
what the feck is wrong with people who can't speak properly
it's all wrong *shakes head*:(

steel_spine

In Scotland it's pronounced 'Scon' and 'Scone' is for posh people. My Cork gf however, assures me that in Ireland it's the other way around.

Also, why can't you get cheese scones anywhere in Ireland? I miss them

[Deleted User]

Hank_Jones wrote: »

It's scone, the e isn't silent.

Eh, yes it is.

WesternNight

Scone.

mathepac

steel_spine wrote: »

In Scotland it's pronounced 'Scon' and 'Scone' is for posh people. ...

Of course it is, despite what mods would have you believe.

Them posh people know what the score is. They can remember all the armies being bet into shape by Mel Gibson and Liam Neeson to fight perfidious Albion and all comers.