Ha. Thanks. Navigating those delicate variations in the shared English language (lollies for sweets, chips for crisps and yet chips are chips. I'll never get that). Oddly my OH says pasta as in parstar compared to my pasta as in..er..Rasta. Language eh.Don't get me started on Yoghurt as in Yowghurt.
Edinburgh-er here - skon for the cake thing, skoon for the town. Skown never.
Normally when you say 'skoon' you're referring to the 'stone of scone', our big lump of magical red sandstone, which is obviously completely unlike any other bit of rock you might find on your travels. Used to be what the kings/queens of Scotland were crowned upon until the English stole it for theirs to sit on; if you say it that way, we'll have to assume you're interested in a debate about the role and future of the monarchy and will engage you.
But I am common as muck. I haven't met an H I haven't dropped and I'm proper Bermondsey and Millwall. And it's a "skone". In fact the only people who call it a "skon" in my experience in deepest darkest Saaaaaaaf Laaaaaaandaaan are posh cnuts.
Didn't think we'd be getting to the drama quite so soon!
I'm in the south west and I say it like 'cone' with an s at the start. I view the other way as being posh, but oddly enough it's the other way around for people in other parts of the country.
One of the things I love about the UK is the diversity in terms of accents, it's so rich
Technically neither is "correct" (as if a pronunciation by native speakers could be in any way wrong) as it's originally a Scots word, and in Scots it's pronounced [skɔn] so that it rhymes with "lawn"
I kind of fell into skon that way too but from being out in public. Perhaps it is because we are in scotland but I swear it is 50/50 on how someone chooses to pronounce it!
I grew up in the west midlands in a 'skone' household, but have since moved to Scotland and live with a scottish person who accuses me of being posh if I pronounce it that way. I generally use 'skon' now in the interests of domestic harmony. I do draw the line at 'skoon' though; that's just wrong.
When I was in home counties it was "sk-oh-n" but then I lived further north and later Gloucester area where it's been "sk-on". I don't care really so just go with the flow.