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Originally Posted by Ed
If it were meant to be a short 'o' then it wouldn't have an 'e' on the end. It's a long 'o' - scone. Not scon.
And it if were meant to be 'barth', 'grarss' etc, there'd be an 'r' in it. Bath has a short 'a' as does 'grass' etc. The imaginary 'r' is a southern corruption  |
did the english language not originate down south? if you ask me dropping the long sound in the word is a northern thing.
however it is a s'gone for me!!
