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Is it scone ( gone ) or scone ( hone)

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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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muddyford · 11/04/2025 18:39

Usually scon but the rest of my family say scone//hone, so sometimes I just go with that. From East Anglia living in the southwest.

nameXname · 11/04/2025 18:44

All the stuff about recent English pronunciation rules is irrelevant. Sorry, but it's true for England but not for Scotland.

Scone comes from a GAELIC word, 'sgonn'. Pronounced to rhyme with gone. First recorded in the 16th cent, so a pretty long pedigree.

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/scone www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/scone]]]]

EggAndHasBeans · 11/04/2025 18:56

Scone as in Throne - Glasgow

Blingismything · 12/04/2025 16:29

Gone - South East

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