Poll: Scone or scone?

[Davey Woo]

You pronounce the word "cone" "c-own"
So I would assume you should pronounce "scone" the same.

 

[omega 616]

I think sc-own makes you sound like a pompous upper class douche.

Sc-on seems more common, I like common.

That's like saying 'isn't it' is pompous and middle-class, while 'innit' (chav-tastic) is the better way.

No, there is a halfway point between innit and isn't it, I don't know how to type it to get across how it sounds but I will give it a shot.

"isn eh". hopefully you get how it sounds.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I'd say rhymes with stone but a dirty low-class America what do I know. I've never heard it pronounced the other way.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I think sc-own makes you sound like a pompous upper class douche.

Sc-on seems more common, I like common.

That's like saying 'isn't it' is pompous and middle-class, while 'innit' (chav-tastic) is the better way.

No, there is a halfway point between innit and isn't it, I don't know how to type it to get across how it sounds but I will give it a shot.

"isn eh". hopefully you get how it sounds.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

 

[Berethond]

All three rhyme in California, so we don't have to worry about it.

 

[oppp7]

Sc-pwn. That's how gamers say it.

 

[omega 616]

I think sc-own makes you sound like a pompous upper class douche.

Sc-on seems more common, I like common.

That's like saying 'isn't it' is pompous and middle-class, while 'innit' (chav-tastic) is the better way.

No, there is a halfway point between innit and isn't it, I don't know how to type it to get across how it sounds but I will give it a shot.

"isn eh". hopefully you get how it sounds.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Good.

Maybe we can get a half way point for scone, maybe "scow on"?

 

[Jnat]

I just sc-oned u... no it doesn't feel right.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I think sc-own makes you sound like a pompous upper class douche.

Sc-on seems more common, I like common.

That's like saying 'isn't it' is pompous and middle-class, while 'innit' (chav-tastic) is the better way.

No, there is a halfway point between innit and isn't it, I don't know how to type it to get across how it sounds but I will give it a shot.

"isn eh". hopefully you get how it sounds.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Good.

Maybe we can get a half way point for scone, maybe "scow on"?

Let's just rename it to sconzorx!

 

[GreyWolf257]

I pronounce it "sc-own." I've never heard it pronounced the other way, but I am American, so I wouldn't really be too informed on this subject.

 

[omega 616]

Let's just rename it to sconzorx!

I don't think our dear old queenie would be cool with having sconzorx with her afternoon tea and it still doesn't get over how to pronounce the scone bit.

Although it would be a nice name.

 

[insectoid]

I say 'scon', unless I'm putting on an English accent.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Sc-on, otherwise the joke about 'what is the worlds fastest cake?' doesn't work, and that would never do.

 

[cheese_wizington]

No, no. We Americans call a scone a scone. (Or at least I do.)
I'm not from the UK so I wouldn't really know, but I think it's "sc-own". I can't pronounce "sc-on" very well.

Yeah scones are scones, biscuits are cookies.

 

[Uberjoe19]

As a Southern American, I typically drink coffee more so than tea, but I do like my iced tea on a hot summer day. Tea for me is for relaxation after a hard day's work, and not meant for the middle of the day.

And I don't usually eat anything with my tea. When I do, it's usually cookies (or biscuits, as my British friends refer to them as) or a bit of watermelon when they're in season.

 

[ribonuge]

I call it a scone because that's what it is- Ambiguous.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

As a Southern American, I typically drink coffee more so than tea, but I do like my iced tea on a hot summer day. Tea for me is for relaxation after a hard day's work, and not meant for the middle of the day.

And I don't usually eat anything with my tea. When I do, it's usually cookies (or biscuits, as my British friends refer to them as) or a bit of watermelon when they're in season.

Ah hell yeah. I drink tea all year round. Too hot for normal tea? Iced tea! Hooray! The most refreshing drink ever.

 

[PiggyGamer]

I've always called them sc-OWNs, but I'm an ignorant American, and I didn't know there was any other way to pronounce it until this thread enlightened me.

Bone, cone, crone, prone, throne, stone, tone, zone, all these words own.

Done is the only one, that sounds like one.

But "Sc-on"? Like the English word "on"? Like "the sc-on is on top of the awning"? Sounds funny, but I guess that's cuz I'm a racist American swine.

[small]On an un(dead)related note, I recently learned that, in L4D, the achievement for killing the witch in one shot, called "Cr0wned", is actually supposed to be pronounced "cr-OWNed", not "crowned like a queen's crown gown". I guess the spelling should have made it obvious, but I always have pronounced and heard it pronounced in-game by players the wrong way. I guess it's supposed to be a combination of the words "crone" (a disagreeable or sinister old woman) and "own" (cuz you own the n00bs lol boom headshot!) But I've never heard anyone say "I'll go crOWN the witch!" I'll say it next time and see what happens. I'll probably get kicked for being a retard[/small]

 

[Uberjoe19]

As a Southern American, I typically drink coffee more so than tea, but I do like my iced tea on a hot summer day. Tea for me is for relaxation after a hard day's work, and not meant for the middle of the day.

And I don't usually eat anything with my tea. When I do, it's usually cookies (or biscuits, as my British friends refer to them as) or a bit of watermelon when they're in season.

Ah hell yeah. I drink tea all year round. Too hot for normal tea? Iced tea! Hooray! The most refreshing drink ever.

YES! It's really good any time of year. Too cold for iced tea? OF COURSE IT ISN'T!

 

[ygetoff]

Now, in england there is the never ending argument of wether the word scone is pronounced scone- rhyming with stone (Which it is!) Or scone- rhyming with one. It is scone rhymoing with stone as when it is just o-n-e, it is on sounding, but as soon as you add letters infront of this the sound becomes and Own sound. What do you think?!

(Note, you americans would call a scone a biscuit i think!)

In fact, we use either "sc-own" (scone), or "funky bread thing" (scone).