Does shone rhyme with dawn or zone?

[youdialwetile]

DD has been told she's saying it wrong - may be both as used in different places?

I think it is going to depend on where you are from. I've never seen it NOT rhyme with "zone" here in the US, but I could easily be wrong.

Rhymes with Sean. And if you're in Scotland, it definitely does not rhyme with horn, corn or shorn. That's why he's called Sean (shorn) the sheep!

The teacher is an idiot. Shone is shh-on. I suspect the teacher is assuming the split di-graph makes the o it's alphabet sound not it's phonics one. (Magic E to the rest of us). Like whether it's sk-on or sk-own (scone). However as shown is a word in its own right and shone is an exception word for magic E, the teacher is incorrect in this instance.

I had friends with the name Shone and they pronounced it as in zone, cone, etc.
But as a word, like the "sun shone", it would most definitely rhyme with gone, con, etc.

The teacher is an idiot. Shone is shh-on.

No, the teacher is an American. 'Shone' rhymes with 'stone' in some American accents. She is wrong to tell the OP's dd that her pronunciation is incorrect though. So actually she might be an American and an idiot. Or just a bit ignorant.

Rhymes with Sean

Depends. In my accent it doesn't. Sean has a long 'aw' and 'shone' has a short 'o'.

Doesn't rhyme with either of those words.
Shone, one, won, none, con, don, gone, homme, pomme, Ron,.

That's an interesting link, who knew they pronounced it like that in the US!

@SleepingStandingUp

Neither.

Dawn, Horn, Lawn
Zone, Phone, Moan
Shone, Gone, One,

fine except that one (wun) doesn't rhyme with shone or gone

Neither of the examples you've given - I'm with those who say Shone rhymes with gone or upon

Dawn would sound like Shawn/Shorne
Zone would sound like shown

Shone doesn't rhyme with either.

It rhymes with
Gone
None

Con!

Neither! It Depends on your accent but in mine it rhymes with gone/con/on.

Neither!

Neither..

Shone is pronounced sh-o-n as in John..

Dawn is pronounced d-or-n as in born

And zone is pronounced z-oa-n as in bone....

Neither

It rhymes with gone or con

@Thethingswedoforlove

Neither/ it rhymes with gone

This is correct.

No. Neither.

Shone rhymes with gone and scone, where I live anyway (hope that doesn't set any cats amongst pigeons)

Neither shone rhymes with Don

Isn't one wan in the Midlands?

Will google rhotic.

Will also google upper class UK accents. Not just droppin g at the end of words (huntin, shootin, fishin) but some of their strangulated vowels. I remember some elderly friends saying "Ai've" for "I've" and "gull" for "girl". To say nothing of quait naice. But they could all have been Hyacinth Bucket.

Thank the Lord for regional accent hold outs.

And it may be urban myth, but some of Shakespeare's "jokes" only apparently work with a West Virginia accent.

But I was always slightly sad I got a US best man to read a biblical text with the word "mirror".

HRTFT but Yorkshire here and shone is like gone which, to us, is like one (not won). So I would say wan, two, three not won, two, three. And scone is definitely as in cone!

In a poem it doesn’t have to

Not understanding all this... 'one rhymes with gun' twaddle.

Queen's English... one rhymes with gone, con, etc.

@Thethingswedoforlove

Neither/ it rhymes with gone

Exactly. Shown rhymes with zone, yawn rhymes with Dawn.