Americans try British food!
- IceMaiden
- Posts: 2300
- Joined: 07 Jan 2016, 18:49
- Favourite book/series: Too many to mention! All of them!
- Favourite character: George
- Location: North Wales
Re: Americans try British food!
Yep, that's what I say too, I think it's only posh people who call them 'sc-owns', or even 'sc-aaywns' if you're ultra posh!
Mrs Smith would ask for a skon
Mrs Smythe would ask for a skown
and Mrs Smuth would ask for a skaaywn
Mrs Smith would ask for a skon
Mrs Smythe would ask for a skown
and Mrs Smuth would ask for a skaaywn
- Eddie Muir
- Posts: 14566
- Joined: 13 Oct 2007, 22:28
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers and Dog
- Favourite character: Fatty
- Location: Brighton
Re: Americans try British food!
It's definitely skon for me.
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
Society Member
Society Member
- Courtenay
- Posts: 19319
- Joined: 07 Feb 2014, 01:22
- Favourite book/series: The Adventure Series, Galliano's Circus
- Favourite character: Lotta
- Location: Both Aussie and British; living in Cheshire
Re: Americans try British food!
Or if we're talking about the Scottish stone on which monarchs are crowned, it's pronounced Skoon.
(Actually, I just looked up the Stone of Scone online, and on the website of Edinburgh Castle, where it's kept (I've seen it there), it's officially called the Stone of Destiny. I prefer Scone.)
(Actually, I just looked up the Stone of Scone online, and on the website of Edinburgh Castle, where it's kept (I've seen it there), it's officially called the Stone of Destiny. I prefer Scone.)
Society Member
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
- Julie2owlsdene
- Posts: 15244
- Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
- Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
- Favourite character: Dick
- Location: Cornwall
Re: Americans try British food!
I don't say Scon, I say Scone- as in loan! And I'm not posh by any means!
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
- pete9012S
- Posts: 17649
- Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 15:32
- Favourite book/series: Five On A Treasure Island
- Favourite character: Frederick Algernon Trotteville
- Location: UK
Re: Americans try British food!
I listened to this Texas chap for a definitive answer...please note how he places the cream and jam too..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OYBW6j4ewU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OYBW6j4ewU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -
Society Member
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -
Society Member
- pete9012S
- Posts: 17649
- Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 15:32
- Favourite book/series: Five On A Treasure Island
- Favourite character: Frederick Algernon Trotteville
- Location: UK
Re: Americans try British food!
English Cream Tea Etiquette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-1MLT3YDk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This lady is fairly posh - are you doing it proper like her?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-1MLT3YDk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This lady is fairly posh - are you doing it proper like her?
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -
Society Member
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -
Society Member
- Julie2owlsdene
- Posts: 15244
- Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
- Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
- Favourite character: Dick
- Location: Cornwall
Re: Americans try British food!
I do it exactly as she does, but I cut the scone with a knife, and I'm happy to hear she users the 'correct' term of saying scone!
I was taught centuries back that scone has an E at the end which changes the o vowel - so you say scone as in - loan, bone, tone etc.
I was taught centuries back that scone has an E at the end which changes the o vowel - so you say scone as in - loan, bone, tone etc.
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
- Anita Bensoussane
- Forum Administrator
- Posts: 26892
- Joined: 30 Jan 2005, 23:25
- Favourite book/series: Adventure series, Six Cousins books, Six Bad Boys
- Favourite character: Jack Trent, Fatty and Elizabeth Allen
- Location: UK
Re: Americans try British food!
How do you pronounce "gone" and "none" then?
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
Society Member
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
Society Member
- Julie2owlsdene
- Posts: 15244
- Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
- Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
- Favourite character: Dick
- Location: Cornwall
Re: Americans try British food!
Funny!
One goes off how they were taught, I expect you'll have to take that up with my old English teacher, Anita!
One goes off how they were taught, I expect you'll have to take that up with my old English teacher, Anita!
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
- Eddie Muir
- Posts: 14566
- Joined: 13 Oct 2007, 22:28
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers and Dog
- Favourite character: Fatty
- Location: Brighton
Re: Americans try British food!
Good question, Anita. As far as I'm concerned, it has always been skon and always will be.Anita Bensoussane wrote:How do you pronounce "gone" and "none" then?
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
Society Member
Society Member
- Julie2owlsdene
- Posts: 15244
- Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
- Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
- Favourite character: Dick
- Location: Cornwall
Re: Americans try British food!
Maybe it's all about what part of the country you come from. The north - south divide!
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
Society Member
- Rob Houghton
- Posts: 16029
- Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
- Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
Re: Americans try British food!
But aren't you originally from the north?
I must admit, I've heard all sorts of people say 'skon' and all sorts ('posh' and 'common'!) say 'scown'. Generally, in Birmingham, it seems to be the more 'Brummie' amongst us who say 'scown' - the same people who pronounce 'garden' 'gardin' and 'boy' as 'buy'. So I've always associated 'scown' with people who are speaking in what they believe is a 'posh' accent!
I must admit, I've heard all sorts of people say 'skon' and all sorts ('posh' and 'common'!) say 'scown'. Generally, in Birmingham, it seems to be the more 'Brummie' amongst us who say 'scown' - the same people who pronounce 'garden' 'gardin' and 'boy' as 'buy'. So I've always associated 'scown' with people who are speaking in what they believe is a 'posh' accent!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
Society Member
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
Society Member
- Eddie Muir
- Posts: 14566
- Joined: 13 Oct 2007, 22:28
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers and Dog
- Favourite character: Fatty
- Location: Brighton
Re: Americans try British food!
My parents (Mom from Worcestershire, Dad from Glasgow) always pronounced it skon, and I've always done the same.
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
Society Member
Society Member
- pete9012S
- Posts: 17649
- Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 15:32
- Favourite book/series: Five On A Treasure Island
- Favourite character: Frederick Algernon Trotteville
- Location: UK
Re: Americans try British food!
I've always pronounced it like Eddie. But Julie's posher pronunciation is ok too.
It has caused a teeny weeny bit of controversy:
It has caused a teeny weeny bit of controversy:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013 ... say-scone/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;How do you pronounce scone?
If you’re ever looking to liven up a tea party with some fully-fledged warfare, then can I suggest that you try something subtler than putting salt in the sugar bowl or pushing someone down the stairs? Simply point to the curranty baked goods on the Cath Kidston three-tiered cake stand, and ask: “Scone or scone?”
That distinction doesn’t really work on paper, of course. But imagine that the first ‘scone’ rhymes with ‘cone’, and the second ‘scone’ rhymes with ‘con’.
This innocuous-seeming query, dealing with a minute point of pronunciation, has been enough to end friendships, destroy marriages, and tear families asunder.
Perhaps I exaggerate. But I know that (rightly or wrongly) I can’t help thinking slightly less of friends when I discover that they pronounce ‘scone’ to rhyme with . . . no, I shan’t nail my colours to the mast. It’s too controversial an issue.
You weren’t afforded the same luxury, though. Over the past weeks, we hosted a poll asking how you pronounce ‘scone’ – and it has proved one of our most popular polls, with thousands of you voting. The clear winner, in the end, was pronouncing ‘scone’ to rhyme with . . . ‘cone’!
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -
Society Member
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -
Society Member
-
- Posts: 4130
- Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 14:25
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers,Mr.Twiddle,Barney R
- Favourite character: Mr.Twiddle,Fatty,Saucepan,Snubby
Re: Americans try British food!
Do you all eat scone everyday? Is it an every-day food or a treat where only on special occasion you will find scone? How does it taste? I am curious and would like to try one.