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From: "Bill & Cathy Hughes" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] More Trivia: Scones
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:08:21 -0400
In-Reply-To: <4900AA65.2080501@fuse.net>


Hi Richard!



I was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland...and have never heard
the word scone, pronounced any other way than with a "short" o.

As for the Stone of Scone?...to my knowledge....that has always
been pronounced with a "long" o [as in stone]



Different Areas of Scotland....have different
dialects....therefore...different pronunciations.



Cathy





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Subject: Re: [S-I] More Trivia: Scones



My Irish grandmother was born and raised in Scotland (Glasgow area); she

came to the US in 1920. She way she pronounced it was "scones as in bones"



Dick



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> The recent flurry of postings on Scotch-Irish food and drink emboldened me


> to ask a question I've wanted to ask someone for years.

>

> What is the proper pronunciation of the word "scones"?

>

> I've always said scones with a short o to rhyme with bon bons.

>

> I've as often heard scones with a long o to rhyme with stones.

>

> And of course the Stone is the Stone of Scone, pronounced Skoon to rhyme

> with moon.

>

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