Americans try British food!

[IceMaiden]

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

[Eddie Muir]

It's definitely skon for me.

[Courtenay]

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.)

[Julie2owlsdene]

I don't say Scon, I say Scone- as in loan! And I'm not posh by any means!

[pete9012S]

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;

[pete9012S]

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?

[Julie2owlsdene]

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.

[Anita Bensoussane]

How do you pronounce "gone" and "none" then?

[Julie2owlsdene]

Funny!

One goes off how they were taught, I expect you'll have to take that up with my old English teacher, Anita!

[Eddie Muir]

How do you pronounce "gone" and "none" then?

Good question, Anita. As far as I'm concerned, it has always been skon and always will be.

[Julie2owlsdene]

Maybe it's all about what part of the country you come from. The north - south divide!

[Rob Houghton]

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!

[Eddie Muir]

My parents (Mom from Worcestershire, Dad from Glasgow) always pronounced it skon, and I've always done the same.

[pete9012S]

I've always pronounced it like Eddie. But Julie's posher pronunciation is ok too.

It has caused a teeny weeny bit of controversy:

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’!

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013 ... say-scone/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[sixret]

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.