Scone or Scone?

[alecstilleyedye]

But You're from Sittingbourne?



So this means, Ianrauk and I are better than you because we say sc-oh-n.

no, because so do i

 

[swee'pea99]

If we had somebody here who was up on Anglo-Saxon phonology we would know what the original pronunciation was like (that "e" is on the end for a reason) and so it would be settled once and for all. OTH it is probably one of those things that nobody actually wants to have settled once and for all.

What in the world makes you think so? As someone said earlier:

Gone
Stone

What 'reason' could there be?

 

[Arch]

It is Sc-on.

Arch has spoken.

Coincidentally, I had one before leaving work - there were some left over from a meeting - plain ones, with a smear of butter, a dollop of whipped cream, and a quartered fresh strawberry on top.

 

[marzjennings]

Me it's scone (gone), or more accuratly scone (scoRn) not scone (stone), but then again for a cream tea it's butter-jam-cream on a split not a bleedin' scone.

 

[pubrunner]

On that tack, how would you pronounce bath? - cos they're ain't no 'r' in it.

Yes, and how do those down South pronounce the word ass ? (as in donkey-like creature)

 

[urbanfatboy]

Are you all mad!! I'm surprised you're not all died of starvation, given your inability to make yourselves understood when ordering simple food products. Clearly is it one with a SC at the start thus SCone = SCWUN.

There! Case solved.

 

[marzjennings]

Yes, and how do those down South pronounce the word ass ? (as in donkey-like creature)

Before leaving Cornwall I didn't know the word 'ass' existed, I always heard it and said it as 'arrrrrrrse'.

 

[Mark_Robson]

Me Mam used to bake a lovely scon.

( translates for softie southerners ) Mummy used to bake a lovely scown.

 

[Andy in Sig]

[quote name='swee'pea99']What in the world makes you think so? As someone said earlier:

Gone
Stone

What 'reason' could there be?[/QUOTE]

What look like crackpot spellings to the modern user of English usually reflect an archaic form of pronunciation eg. the urgh bit at at the end of Edinburgh would probably once have been prounounced somewhere halfway between the ch of modern Scottish "loch" and the g of modern German "Burg".

When you see that "brought" is the equivalent of German "brachte" and that ch is a bit like "loch" then you start to get the picture. Another for instance, we have the spelling "children" but we could have easily still had "childeren" reflecting the older pronunciation while having verbally changed to the current pronunciation.

 

[Fnaar]

Another for instance, we have the spelling "children" but we could have easily still had "childeren" reflecting the older pronunciation while having verbally changed to the current pronunciation.

My granny (from Ireland) used to say "childer" (not for 'scone', obviously!!)

 

[User482]

My mum reckons that only posh people say "skon".

But more importantly, which goes on first - the jam or the clotted cream?

 

[marzjennings]

My mum reckons that only posh people say "skon".

But more importantly, which goes on first - the jam or the clotted cream?

Jam, after the butter.

 

[Arch]

My mum reckons that only posh people say "skon".

She's right then. See my answer...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

My mum reckons that only posh people say "skon".

But more importantly, which goes on first - the jam or the clotted cream?

Yes I'm very Posh and I always was taught to say Skonn. Mrs 26x25 is not as posh as me and says skoan.

As for the jam/cream thing it's

Butter
Jam
Clotted Cream

In that order

 

[theclaud]

It's controversial, and I rarely advise anyone against consuming butter, but as long as you have clotted cream the butter is superfluous, and even distracting - it interferes with the buttery clots on the cream. But I agree about jam first.