This is all some folk have to worry about?

[StewartR]

The longevity and passion displayed in this thread demonstrates why it actually *was* a legitimate news story!

But anyway here's the definitive lowdown on pronunciation.

In Cornwall and a little strip of west Devon near the border, scone mostly rhymes with phone. (As it does, slightly more definitively, where I come from in Essex.) But in Devon, scone mostly rhymes with con.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Scones, with dried fruit (sultanas or WHY) or plain.....?

 

[stryvya]

Fruit for me, but I`m not a big fan of Scones anyway.

 

[stevewestern]

There is nothing that does not taste better with best butter!

I seem to remember that Marlon Brando liked a bit of butter...

 

[Hugh Jarse]

I seem to remember that Marlon Brando liked a bit of butter...

Better than Swarfega apparently......

 

[Tori_T]

But anyway here's the definitive lowdown on pronunciation.

The Americans solved the pronunciation problem by calling them biscuits...

 

[stevewestern]

Better than Swarfega apparently......

A nob of butter is far more useful, apparently.....

 

[reheat module]

Yorkshireman's way of scon(e), cream and jam:
Push it aside for the plate of fish &chips, washed down with 6 pints of good bitter.
Michelin ****