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If you look in the English dictionary it always tells you how to pronounce the English words and in this case it is scone, are you listening you posh folk?

 

This is whats said in the OED:

 

There are two possible pronunciations of the word scone: the first rhymes with gone and the second rhymes with tone. In US English the pronunciation rhyming with tone is more common. In British English the two pronunciations traditionally have different regional and class associations, with the first pronunciation associated with the north of England and the northern working class, while the second is associated with the south and the middle class

Phrases Posh? I don't think so.

 

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/scone

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I thought the Yorkshire pronunciation was scoowan.

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I call it a ' Scone '

Cal it what you like. It'll never call you back. That takes the biscuit.

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In Canada, it's pronounced tea biscuit. :lol:

 

---------- Post added 08-08-2017 at 16:10 ----------

 

Hyacinth Bucket thought she was posh, but she usually got it wrong ��.

 

I've no idea how the Queen pronounces it, but I'd guess scon.

The village of Scone in Scotland is pronounced Skun according to Wiki.

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In Canada, it's pronounced tea biscuit. :lol:

 

---------- Post added 08-08-2017 at 16:10 ----------

 

The village of Scone in Scotland is pronounced Skun according to Wiki.

 

It's pronounced ' Scoon' to rhyme with moon. Not far from Perth.

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I like the scones from ' Turners' bakers in The Moor market.:D

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Now I think scon is more Hyacinth Bucket! I've always thought that was posh.

I say scone (and you can make that sound very common indeed :D)

 

I suppose the definitive answer would be - how does the Queen pronounce it!

 

HM would probably say 'Scone', for as long as she has been on the 'Thronn'.

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Chambers dictionary says skon but in the south of England often pronounced scone.

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