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Is it scone ( gone ) or scone ( hone)

104 replies

Brunocatmon · 10/04/2025 20:54

What do you say and where in the world are you?

I move between the 2.

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ThisUsernameIsNowTaken · 10/04/2025 20:55

Gone. Cambs.

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 10/04/2025 20:55

I say it to rhyme with "one" just to mix things up

BCBird · 10/04/2025 20:56

Gone- Midlands

IHateWasps · 10/04/2025 20:57

Always Gone-Scotland.

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 10/04/2025 20:57

S'gone no dae that - Scotland

madaboutpurple · 10/04/2025 20:58

The etiquette expert William was on This Morning ages ago and said Scone rhymes with gone not bone! He advises royalty etc.

Maitri108 · 10/04/2025 20:58

Hone, SE England

nocoolnamesleft · 10/04/2025 20:59

What's the fastest cake? S'gone!

Freyer · 10/04/2025 20:59

As the joke goes - “whats the fastest cake? SCONE”. Im from Devon but my dad (Cornish) says scone as in bone - but we both agree - jam first!

Buttonknot · 10/04/2025 20:59

Gone - London

AgnesX · 10/04/2025 21:00

Scone = gone in Scotland.

JaninaDuszejko · 10/04/2025 21:00

The thing you eat: scone rhymes with gone
The place where Kings were crowned: Scone rhymes with moon.

Scottish. And since the word comes from Scots then we have the final word.

CarpetKnees · 10/04/2025 21:00

Scone to rhyme with gone - or the joke doesn't work.

Midlands

BobnLen · 10/04/2025 21:00

I say Gone but DH says Hone, we are both Northamptonshire

EveryOtherNameTaken · 10/04/2025 21:00

Gone. Midlands and SW.

Brunocatmon · 10/04/2025 21:01

madaboutpurple · 10/04/2025 20:58

The etiquette expert William was on This Morning ages ago and said Scone rhymes with gone not bone! He advises royalty etc.

That sounds interesting. I love learning about etiquette.

My go to is usually gone pronunciation but sometimes if I'm at work I'll change it ( cashier )

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roofingtooting · 10/04/2025 21:01

Gone and the jam before the cream.

Brunocatmon · 10/04/2025 21:02

Freyer · 10/04/2025 20:59

As the joke goes - “whats the fastest cake? SCONE”. Im from Devon but my dad (Cornish) says scone as in bone - but we both agree - jam first!

Don't even get started on the cream 🤣

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JoeyJoeyJoeyJoey · 10/04/2025 21:02

gone- Cornwall

mrsfollowill · 10/04/2025 21:02

Scone rhymes with gone for me- Yorkshire person.

CarolinaInTheMorning · 10/04/2025 21:02

Gone. I'm American living in the US, where the almost universal pronunciation is hone/bone.. But I have lived in Scotland, so I learned how to pronounce it properly. 😀

Saltedcarameltiramisucheesecake · 10/04/2025 21:04

Definitely scone=gone. They don't last long in our house! (N. West)
Also, we just like them buttered, no cream or jam.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 10/04/2025 21:38

Scone like gone but ALWAYS cream first..!

Pandimoanymum · 10/04/2025 21:44

Scone = gone. South Wales. Jam first.

cherrytree12345 · 10/04/2025 21:46

Hone - Essex
jam first