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So does Izzy! Otherwise it is too messy.Eddie Muir wrote:So do I.
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Oh yes you are!Julie2owlsdene wrote:I don't say Scon, I say Scone- as in loan! And I'm not posh by any means!
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One track mind!pete9012S wrote:Surely you occasionally enjoyed a bit of crumpet though Julie?
A hot buttered crumpet - or is it a pikelet???
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Not just!! I was trying to get some rhyming going as with long, shaun or lawn....Rob Houghton wrote:'scong'?!floragord wrote: We pronounce scone to rhyme with 'long',
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I say "skon" but will happily accept a "skone" if someone offers me one (though not with jam, as I'm allergic to it). I particularly like hot scones with butter.
Although I eat the occasional crumpet, they're not favourites of mine. In an episode of Call the Midwife one of the nuns said she didn't eat crumpets because they were "too multicellular and too spongiform." A wonderful description which sums up my own feelings about them exactly!
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Although I eat the occasional crumpet, they're not favourites of mine. In an episode of Call the Midwife one of the nuns said she didn't eat crumpets because they were "too multicellular and too spongiform." A wonderful description which sums up my own feelings about them exactly!
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My friend has a phobia of holes, so crumpets make her feel ill. That has to be the most perfect description of them I've ever heard though!Anita Bensoussane wrote:
Although I eat the occasional crumpet, they're not favourites of mine. In an episode of Call the Midwife one of the nuns said she didn't eat crumpets because they were "too multicellular and too spongiform." A wonderful description which sums up my own feelings about them exactly!
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I knew there was a reason why I've never found crumpets appealing!Anita Bensoussane wrote: In an episode of Call the Midwife one of the nuns said she didn't eat crumpets because they were "too multicellular and too spongiform." A wonderful description which sums up my own feelings about them exactly!
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Thank you, Dave. I would like to try scones one of these days if I could find them here in Kuala Lumpur.Domino wrote:Sixret, in answer to your question, I don't think anyone eats scones every day. They are not neccessarily a treat, either, just a change from the usual loaf of bread. Some people (like me) don't like cream (of any kind), it doesn't agree with me. So putting it on a scone would ruin it. I like mine buttered, sometimes toasted.
Scones do taste nice. They have quite a close texture and can be crumbly.
On the subject of pronunciation, do people in Kuala Lumpur pronounce words in Malay differently to, say, Kelantan and Trengganu, which were once under the suzerainty of Thailand?
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Every state in Malaysia has different dialect. They are all Malay language but their pronunciations are different than the standard form of Malay language pronunciation i.e. received pronunciation. This received pronunciation that you usually hear in KL and every school in Malaysia is originated from Johor and Singapura(used to be one of the state of Malaysia) (Singa = lion, pura = city, pura was a Malay old language, we don't use it anymore), the southern states of Malaysia, just like English language where received pronunciation was originated from the Southern England.
And the most difficult dialect to understand even to most Malays except for Kelantanese is Kelantan dialect. I usually understand the meaning as a whole but not word for word because Kelantan dialect has a rhythmic pronunciation unlike standard Malay language.
Southern Thai was actually a Malay kingdom although under Siam(old name for Thailand) sovereignty. Pattani people and Narathiwat people are Malay people. Their Malay language dialects have similar sound to Kelantan dialect. The old name for Malaysia was Tanah Melayu( Malay land) before September,16 1965.
We could understand Indonesia language very well because of its similarity to Malay language although their way of speaking is different. Even Tagalog (Philippines language) have many similar words to Malay language.
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You may not be posh but you are stylish, Julie.Julie2owlsdene wrote:I don't say Scon, I say Scone- as in loan! And I'm not posh by any means!
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Thanks for the information about Malay dialects, Sixret. I always suspected there would be variations. My fault we went off topic.
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I've just had a Cornish cream tea at Penlee House gallery in Penzance... cream on top of the jam, of course. Trouble was, even the one scone was so huge I couldn't finish it!!
Incidentally, one of the serving staff said "scon" and the other said "scown"... and would you believe, even in the Cornish language speaking group I was with last night, a few of the guys got sidetracked — no, I didn't start it — into arguing over "scon" versus "scown". (In English. I have no idea what the Cornish word for "scone" is.) Mind you, a lot of Cornish people will argue that a proper Cornish cream tea is served with splits, not scones, anyway...
Incidentally, one of the serving staff said "scon" and the other said "scown"... and would you believe, even in the Cornish language speaking group I was with last night, a few of the guys got sidetracked — no, I didn't start it — into arguing over "scon" versus "scown". (In English. I have no idea what the Cornish word for "scone" is.) Mind you, a lot of Cornish people will argue that a proper Cornish cream tea is served with splits, not scones, anyway...
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They had to overcome some rather gruesome English obstacles to get to the pastie!English food - Trying a REAL CORNISH PASTY! (Cornwall, England)
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Ahh yes, beautiful British countryside. Complete with dog poop, stinging nettles, and adders.
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How is the problem poop handled in the USA?
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