The Great Scone Debate

Which debate is: "How do you pronounce the word scone?" Apparently, the British Isles are internally divided in this crumbly question.

The Great Scone Map of the UK and Ireland
Delicious. But how do you pronounce it?

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Colm Buckley says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 1:52pm at 1:52pm
SKOOOOON!
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Paul Scollon says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 2:14pm at 2:14pm
It's a f*cking "skon". End of!
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Dave Hill says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 2:17pm at 2:17pm
I've a friend who affected the pronunciation "skun."
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Scott Randel says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 2:19pm at 2:19pm
I was surprised to hear "shone" pronounced "shon" on audiobooks by Jim Dale.
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Colm Buckley says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 2:21pm at 2:21pm
What about the Stone of Scone?
(Not Scone of Stone, which made me miss PTerry all over again.)
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Gordon Rowell says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 3:37pm at 3:37pm
Watch it all, or skip to 16:00
https://youtu.be/kVtxc6t5I4Y
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Jay Nuttall says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 3:57pm at 3:57pm
In Leeds west yorkshire we say scone what about pikelet or crumpet ?
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Gordon Rowell says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 4:10pm at 4:10pm
+Jay Nuttall we say scone, too 🙂 but rhyme with gone. And yes, please.
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Meirav M. says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 5:50pm at 5:50pm
Rhymes with gone, and jam on mine please 🙂
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Last Hussar says:
Wed 28-Dec-16 6:52pm at 6:52pm
Rhymes with cone. Scon is a northern, and therefore wrong, pronunciation, which has been picked up as an affectation in the south.
Also Marmite is evil
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