How do you pronounce "scone"?
How do you pronounce "scone"?
I need your help to settle this perpetual disagreement in my home. I'm team 'skon' whereas my husband is team 'skone.'
Some context, we are not native to the UK so I will humbly accept consensus.
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Brought up in the home counties and it's always been scone (bone) to me.
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2 0 ReplyDepends. If it's a greasy spoon sort of place, then caff. If it's a bit posh, then caff-ay
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I'm my unqualified opinion, two for sure. How do you even say it otherwise? Caff?
2 0 ReplyI would say it with two but I know plenty who say it caff!
I feel bad for that é, it barely gets to do anything in English and then when it gets a chance people ignore it anyway smh 😔
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