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by mjul 1291 days ago
How to pronounce scone is another divisive topic in itself.

Does it rhyme with gone or cone?

Linguists at Cambridge University have published a map of the regional variations:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-app-maps-decli...

3 comments

I've always pronounced scone as scone myself but my wife insists on saying scone as scone. Madness.
“Home to Scone” to paraphrase Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony.
There's a third common sound where it rhymes with "on": 1. /skɒn/ 2. /skoʊn/ 3. /skɑːn/

But I guess that also depends on how you pronounce gone, as to whether it rhymes with 1 or 3…

I've never in my life heard someone say "Backend" instead of "Autumn"