Thing you realise after the kids are born...

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Like that DH says scone to rhyme with gone not bone and now our child will grow up conflicted.

Yours?

Well your one is easily resolvable. Just pronounce it correctly, like your DH

Agreed.

Scone rhymes with gone.

DS had suspected pneumonia, DH phoned his Mum (and several others) to tell them that he had "ammonia". DS was fine but DH still can't say it properly.

Scone absolutely rhymes with bone, and while we're on the subject, jam first then cream.

Hilda has it correct on both counts.

Well obviously the big one is that it hits you like a ton of bricks how much your parents must love you and worry about you and all that they've done for you.

And you feel guilty for being a bit of a reckless kid and a wild teen and you realise they weren't just old ruddy duddies trying to cramp your style; they were trying to keep you safe.

Fuddy duddies

Scone rhymes with bone. It actually has the word cone in it fgs! How can scon be correct!

And it's cream then jam (not that I actually eat it, but if I did, then this IS the correct way).

Just to muddy the water - up here in Scotland we have a palace and a village both called Scone. They’re pronounced Scoon!
And the majority of locals I hear in our local tea rooms order a “scon”, not a scone. My own (Geordie) relatives all did too.

Friends who you thought were "friends" will eventually cut you off forever.

And scone rhymes with bone.

I have a different accent to DH and the area where we live. I think it's quite funny and cute when our DC randomly pronounce things like I do. My favourite is when they say 'canee' instead of can't.

It actually has the word cone in it fgs! How can scon be correct!

Because English isn't logical, and anyway, how do you pronounce gone?

And it's scone as in gone!

Scone rhymes with gone

That the connection you have with your baby/toddler is so attuned as to become practically telepathic at times.

That actually, little scratch mittens ARE required.

All the time I had pre kids - aaaaaalllllll that tiiiiiiiimmmmmeeee and I never appreciated it.

It has to be scone to rhyme with gone ... otherwise the joke wouldn’t work.
(What’s the fastest cake in the world? scone! (It’s gone!).

Or do people pronounce gone like cone?!?!

Oh aye the rhyming thing totally gets on my tits.

Door and dinosaur clearly don't rhyme in a Scottish accent. I cringe everytime.

I’ve lived in Scotland so long now that I’ve found myself saying ’scon’ like my northern DH. However, I am pleased to report that so far I am winning the battle over ‘bath’ and the toddler pronounces it with a long ‘a’!

and anyway, how do you pronounce gone?

Dh says ever rest for Everest (thanks paw patrol 😒) and tong for tongue.

I've also rediscovered happiness, seeing my toddler genuinely overjoyed at the little things has made me see it too. The world is amazing and as an adult I'd stopped seeing it.

And scone as in gone for us northern heathens.

It’s cone with an s at the beginning. It’s not gone with an s, so therefore comparisons with gone are pointless. If it was sgone, you might have a point, but it’s not, it’s scone.

After having my first I remember realising that my husband had a massive head.

Gone, definitely. How else do you explain the joke? ('What's the world's fastest cake? Scone')

Cross posted with Nemo

Although I've always thought scones were not strictly cakes

I brought up my children to say scone to rhyme with gone as I do.

Then we moved to Ireland where DH is from and within weeks they were pronouncing scone to rhyme with bone as he does.

Now they correct me when I say it my way. I have failed as a parent, failed I tell you.

Bet you didn't mean your thread to be the eternal argument about scones did you op
But you're wrong. And your dh is right.