Scones, how do you pronounce it?

[similar.squirrel]

It was only a matter of time before this topic popped up here..
Scone, sc-own. Rhymes with 'stone'.
Anybody who doesn't concede is a Fool and a Communist.

 

[Gruthar]

Weird people call them Scones (rhyming with Stones). Normal people call them Scones (rhyming with Gone).

Because then you get this joke.

Spoiler: What's the fastest food in the world?

Scone!

Terrible, I know.

On the other hand, if you pronounce it rhyming with stone, you can beat someone down with a stale scone and proceed to yell "You just got sc-owned, *****!"

Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Tip the waitress! Try the veal!

 

[Zand88]

"The pronunciation of the word across the United Kingdom varies. According to one academic study, nearly two thirds of the British population and 99% of the Scottish population pronounce it as /skɒn/, to rhyme with "con" and "John." The rest pronounce it /skəʊn/, to rhyme with "cone" and "Joan." British dictionaries usually show the "con" form as the preferred pronunciation, while recognizing that the "cone" form also exists."

Enjoy your SCOHNS.

 

[Joshimodo]

SK-Own.

It's all regional, anyway.

 

[murphy7801]

I'm scowne

 

[DazZ.]

Its a sconn innit mayte.

or "Cream Tea" as my Grandmama called them.
"One must not offer scones on there own you know... that would be frightfully rude."
(I can do "female posh english" better with my voice than my keyboard...)

 

[psico666]

It's pronounce Skone (rhymes with gone) because a Scowne (rhymes with stone) was where scottish kings were crowned.
And yes i am Scottish so i would know that fact.

 

[DrDeath3191]

Sk-oh-ns. That's how I pronounce it, and they are delicious.

 

[Hijuice]

Sc-Ons. Because that how it should be pronouced. Forget the magic E. It has no power here!

EDIT:

mmmmm, cookie (out of curiosity what do Brits call this?)

That there sir; is what we Brits also call a "Cookie"

OT: I say it S-cone

No. Cookie is very much a american word. Any true brit would call that a biscuit.

Untrue... a biscuit is hard while cookies have a softer texture That is a cookie like the ones you get anywhere in England. A biscuit is say... a Custard Cream... mmmm

 

[murphy7801]

The word is of Scottish origin, and the Scottish pronunciation rhymes with "gone". If you use the incorrect version, you're a harlequin, and will be shortly sentenced to forced labour in the Siberian salt mines.

ha

 

[TwistedEllipses]

The word is of Scottish origin, and the Scottish pronunciation rhymes with "gone". If you use the incorrect version, you're a harlequin, and will be shortly sentenced to forced labour in the Siberian salt mines.

I'm a harlequin am I now?

Well sticks and scones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me...

 

[Shoqiyqa]

But I thought they used 'biscuits' where we use 'cookies'?

Biscuits are NOT proper cookies. Proper cookies are soft while biscuits are hard.

We distinguish between crackers (flat, brittle, dry as the mother superior after bogarting a roll of skunk), biscuits (sweeter and more crumbly than floury), cookies (soft), brownies (slightly chewy chocolate cake/cookie hybrids) and cake.

If you want to sample what the English call biscuits, you can get Hovis digestives online.

Go on. You know you want to.

Our economy could use the help.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

I say both. I'm just that freaking awesome.

 

[H.R.Shovenstuff]

I pronounce it scone.

Oh wait.

 

[SultanP]

I say it like stone too. It's the way I've allways heard it pronounced, and it sounds right to me, so I say it like that too.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

I say scowne. I'm not posh enough to say sconn.

 

[blankedboy]

skonz.

 

[Lukeje]

Scon. Though what really irritates me are people who pronounce 'grass' as if it rhymes with 'arse'... strange people.

 

[Halokon]

I say it as if it rhymes with gone.

And I figure it must be regional for the whole "poshness" factor, as being Scottish and as common as they come, S'gone' is common whereas S'cone' is posh. Although in saying that, I speak like I'm from Glesgae, and if you go far enough north they start talking like they're posh English folk again...