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An age old question...

Cone or Gone?

  • Cone

    Votes: 9 69.2%
  • Gone

    Votes: 4 30.8%

  • Total voters
    13

Rich Boy Rob

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    Ever since man first walked the earth one question has been on the lips of every human being: Scones, are they pronounced like cone or gone?
    Personally, I've always said scone like gone.
     

    Åzurε

    Shi-shi-shi-shaw!
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    Scone like cone. Sounds wonderful with an over-the-top fake Scottish accent.
     

    SIN1488

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  • I pronounce them like "Scoones", because I have this weird disorder that causes me to see one "o" as two. :shocked:

    But no, I say scones like "Skohn-s". I guess it's easier just to say scones as in like "cones"...... :o
     

    PlatinumDude

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  • Since "scone" is "cone" with an "S" in front, I'd say it in the same way as "cone."
     
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  • I always say it as gone. I didn't even know so many people pronounced it as cone. I thought it was like how some people say cass-el, as opposed to car-sel when pronouncing castle, only people with weird accents pronounce it the former way.
     
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    I've always said it so it rhymes with "gone" because that's the way my parents say it. Although everyone else around me always told me I was totally wrong and that I'm stupid for pronouncing it incorrectly proves that only snobs pronounce it so it rhymes with "cone". I think it's something that varies by region, but I do know for a fact that the original pronunciation was the one that rhymes with "gone".
     

    'Zard

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    It's pronounced "biscuit".

    It's obviously /skəʊn/. Like "cone".
     

    Timbjerr

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  • I didn't know such an unremarkable pastry had such a debate over its pronunciation. I guess it must be a British thing. :/

    Every time I've heard it pronounced, it rhymes with cone. XD
     

    Zeffy

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    ^

    I've always heard it as "/scown/" and I will pronounce it as "/scown/" as in "cone".
     
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