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Old 24-01-11, 12:18 PM   #21
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Skon.
Barth.
Grarse.
Marsk.
Darnce.

The raaaain in Spaaaain staaaays maaaainly on the plaaaain.
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
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Old 24-01-11, 12:31 PM   #23
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You know those round, pebbly things you often see on the ground. Yup, stones
Well they sound a bit like those little round cake things that taste so good with jam and cream!
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Old 24-01-11, 12:42 PM   #25
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scone AKA scon / gone.

we all know scone is the correct English pronunciation but it just sounds stuck up. I suppose its depends on where you come from.
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Old 24-01-11, 01:19 PM   #26
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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!!
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Old 24-01-11, 01:31 PM   #27
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I grew up in a part of the country where proper English (without accent) has been traditionally spoken in a time when school teachers actually cared enough to teach it and I pass as English in London without changing the way I speak except to drop the local slang which I don't use a lot anyway.
Each letter in the alphabet is fairly clearly defined (by you, not us) in the sound that it makes either singularly or in combination with other letters so it is interesting to note how many different ways 60 million people can murder there own language.

I say scon knowing that scone is probably correct. This is one of those cases where I use the common form in words to avoid drawing attention to the way I speak. It can come across as hoity.
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Old 24-01-11, 01:36 PM   #28
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s'gone

OF COURSE !!
if you say scone like own it would be spelt with a w !!!!

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You know those round, pebbly things you often see on the ground. Yup, stones
Well they sound a bit like those little round cake things that taste so good with jam and cream!
Do you say one, or woan = 1?

Its Scone, pronounced skon
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