Scones

[Star Worms]

Yes, now get voting.

[Plasma]

What about me? My stones are gone...

[philby4000]

I see the correct way is winning.

[Star Worms]

Nope it's losing 8-2:p

[philby4000]

Liar !

[MrBunsy]

Scon dammit! :p

Anyone seen that gooides episode? Where they strike cream in the cornish hills? Only saw that the other day and this instantly reminded me of it.

/edit, noooo! we're losing!

[SuperBlob]

If it's pronounced scon, then why is there an e? E always makes a letter pronounced how you say it when it's on it's own :p

[MrBunsy]

If it's pronounced scon, then why is there an e? E always makes a letter pronounced how you say it when it's on it's own :p

*cough* bough, enough? english don't make no sense

[Star Worms]

If it's pronounced scon, then why is there an e? E always makes a letter pronounced how you say it when it's on it's own :pThe English language does not conform to rules. There's an exception to every rule.

Ever heard of "I before E except after C"? Do you spell height "height" or "hieght"? And starting sentences with "and" is allowed.

[Xinos]

What about scown?

Scowning
Verb.
To scown somebody.

[MrBunsy]

What about Scown?

uh, yeah, what about it? :confused:

[Star Worms]

What about scown?

Scowning
Verb.
To scown somebody.

There's no such word as "scown":confused:

Did you mean "scorn"?

[Paul.Power]

Have to say, I say scone, most of the time. Except when I feel like saying it otherwise.

[Plasma]

Have to say, I say scone, most of the time. Except when I feel like saying it otherwise.

Was your post supposed to have a purpose, or are you doing that intentionally?

[SuperBlob]

The English language does not conform to rules. There's an exception to every rule.

Ever heard of "I before E except after C"? Do you spell height "height" or "hieght"? And starting sentences with "and" is allowed.
Damnit, Mrs...something WAS right

[Paul.Power]

Was your post supposed to have a purpose, or are you doing that intentionally?I have to admit, I only realised how silly the post was after I posted it. But afterwards I left it like that because I found it amusing.

And you can probably work it out from the poll answers.

[E-102 Worm]

'Rhymes with gone' for me. I find it much easier to say it that way.

[MrBunsy]

And you can probably work it out from the poll answers.The world's gone crazy. Do they all prononce para - set - amol wrong too? :p

[AndrewTaylor]

The world's gone crazy. Do they all prononce para - set - amol wrong too? :p
Apparently at least one person does.


(You.)

[bonz]

The world's gone crazy. Do they all prononce para - set - amol wrong too? :p
I pronounce it [pærəˈsɛtəmɒl].

[MrBunsy]

I pronounce it [pærəˈsɛtəmɒl].
You'll have to help me out with that one
Apparently at least one person does.
I'm feeling very alone all of a sudden...

[bonz]

You'll have to help me out with that one
para (as in parachute), ceta (rhyming with beta), mol (as in molecule)

[Kelster23]

I'm gonna have to say with 'stone'... I think it's because of the 'e'.

[MrBunsy]

para (as in parachute), ceta (rhyming with beta), mol (as in molecule)

That doesn't help, i don't know how to pronounce beta :P

like better or beater?

[bonz]

like better or beater?
Like "alphabet", which miraculously is composited of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta. :D

[E-102 Worm]

That doesn't help, i don't know how to pronounce beta :P

like better or beater?
Neither, it's pronounced 'bae-ta'. Found that out in one of the Sonic X episodes.

[Pigbuster]

Ever heard of "I before E except after C"?
That rule is one of the dumbest grammar rules I've ever heard.
There are so many exceptions to it...

Though it's not nearly as bad as he or she.
I despise he or she. I will use they and their, thank you. ENGLISH TEACHERS BE DAMNED.

Oh, and it's Sc-oh-ne. :p

[Paul.Power]

Scon dammit! :p

Anyone seen that gooides episode? Where they strike cream in the cornish hills? Only saw that the other day and this instantly reminded me of it.

/edit, noooo! we're losing!I also saw it recently, too.

I say scone (yes, as in stone) because it's a regional thing, I suppose: after all, my accent hails from the same part of the world as Bill Oddie's (although hang on... Tim Brooke-Taylor was born in Buxton... but then, he was putting on an act in The Goodies...)

[wigwam the]

I love this topic.

[Xinos]

There's no such word as "scown":confused:

Did you mean "scorn"?

Yes there is. It involves scones. To scown somebody is to own that person with a scone.

[evilworm2]

Try this.
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

It´s a nice text to speech demo by AT&T

[MtlAngelus]

"bee-ohtchshshchshcshshshshchshcshshcsh!"+Rich= LOL
I'm so easily amused.

[AndrewTaylor]

That doesn't help, i don't know how to pronounce beta :P

like better or beater?

Beater. Unless you're an American, in which case it can also be "baiter". That annoys be, and I suspect it's Flat Out Wrong, as the Greeks really get to decide how it's pronounced.

[Muzer]

Scon dammit! :p

Anyone seen that gooides episode? Where they strike cream in the cornish hills? Only saw that the other day and this instantly reminded me of it.

/edit, noooo! we're losing!

W00t!

GOODIES! GOODY GOODY YUM YUM!

Mony Python>Goodies>little britain
(they're not arrows, they're greater than signs)






@AT; In greek isn't it "veeta"?

[MrBunsy]

Now I know how to pronounce beta at least.
GOODIES! GOODY GOODY YUM YUM!

Mony Python>Goodies>little britain
(they're not arrows, they're greater than signs)
funnily enough, Monty python and the goodies are so similar because their members were all in the footlights together.

[SuperBlob]

Indeed, before they became the Goodies and Python, they did a lot of mixed stuff, like How To Irritate People.

Also, the beeter baiter thing, I've always pronounced it baiter because A) Those bloody Americans, and B) I have an Italian "friend" who pronounces it baiter.

[Preasure]

Scon. It's not my fault I'm more common than the rest of you. ;)

[BuffaloKid]

That rule is one of the dumbest grammar rules I've ever heard.
There are so many exceptions to it...

I'm pretty sure 'I before E, except after C' isn't the whole rule. I think it's 'I before E, except after C, except when the word (Something to do with gh)'. As far as I remember. Although that might be an edited version to get rid of some of the errors, but I thoroughly expect people just couldn't be bothered to remember the full version and cut it to something more wrong, ie. 'I before E, except after C'.
What else was i gonna say...? Ah yes. What's the actual, real and relevant point of this thread?

[vmanc]

To find out how people pronounce scone, of course. :)

I say it the right way.

[MrBunsy]

I say it the right way.Ah, so you say 'scon' then?

[Kelster23]

Ah, so you say 'scon' then?

Everyone has their own opinions on what the 'right' way is. Just like 'tomato (taw-may-toe) tomato (taw-mah-toe).

[evilworm2]

Everyone has their own opinions on what the 'right' way is. Just like 'tomato (taw-may-toe) tomato (taw-mah-toe).

Yes. Just try different languages (BE) and (AE) with the text-to-speech thingie i posted before. Differences are overwhelming. This thread is usesless.

No wait, it supports communication.

[SuperBlob]

Ah, so you say 'scon' then?

He said the RIGHT way :p

[Kelster23]

He said the RIGHT way :p

He sure did! By not saying which way he said it all! That's the right way.

[MrBunsy]

He sure did! By not saying which way he said it all! That's the right way.
So are you trying to skirt around the fact you say it wrong?

[Kelster23]

So are you trying to skirt around the fact you say it wrong?
I say it the way I think is right, you say it the way you think is right. No ones really wrong.

[MrBunsy]

I say it the way I think is right, you say it the way you think is right. No ones really wrong.

Except I'm right and you're wrong and you know it. Stop digging :p

[Kelster23]

Except I'm right and you're wrong and you know it. Stop digging :p

Atleast I can dig.

[Plasma]

Except I'm right and you're wrong and you know it. Stop digging :p
Did you, by any chance, notice that big poll results at the top of the page?

[MrBunsy]

Did you, by any chance, notice that big poll results at the top of the page?

You're all wrong. We outnumber you 1:3 :p

[BuffaloKid]

My whole family except for me say it like in gone.

[MrBunsy]

See! See! :p

[Nugget]

A thread about how to pronounce the word 'Scone'. How lost. And yet I voted in it.

I wish I could get a life soon.

[pilot62]

Scone

It doesn't annoy me though; at least not as much people who say as bath, glass or grass with a hard 'a' sound (the 'a' sounds like 'ah' dammit).

[SuperBlob]

Heh, me dad has a go at me and me sister for saying "Baaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrth" or "Graaaaaarrrrrrrrrrss". It's not our fault our mum was the main bringer upper! (he's from Newcastle, me mum is from Essex. I think.)

[Star Worms]

It seems to be younger people who say "skoans" I frequent on another forum where the average age is higher and the result was "skons", and on another forum somewhat in between and it was a draw.

I say "skons" because that's how my family has always said it and "skoans" is far too posh for my liking. For the record, I say bath and grass without pronouncing the invisible r:p

[MrBunsy]

Scone

It doesn't annoy me though; at least not as much people who say as bath, glass or grass with a hard 'a' sound (the 'a' sounds like 'ah' dammit).

Woohoo! The grarse is greener in Surrey :D Although I have a tendancy to differ between using the 'r' and not, having my dad use it and my mum not.

Differences in speach are fascinating, especially when you try comparing a southerner to a scot.

[pilot62]

I say "skons" because that's how my family has always said it and "skoans" is far too posh for my liking.I had this discussion with some friends a while back. A couple of people thought it sounded posh, the rest of us decided that if they thought scone was to posh they should pronounce bone bon and stone ston as well in accordance.

Really though, it's just pronunciation, it's not hard to understand like some northern/scotch dialects, so I have no problem.

Woohoo! The grarse is greener in Surrey Although I have a tendancy to differ between using the 'r' and not, having my dad use it and my mum not.

Differences in speach are fascinating, especially when you try comparing a southerner to a scot.Well, I live in Hampshire at the moment, which is only a stone's throw away from Surrey, and grass without the r sound is considered generally very northern and, by some people, odd. On the other hand, we have a Geordie here who thinks we're all weird and southern for saying grarse. I find the differences quite interesting too, especially the really broad Scottish accents, as they're so different to my experience of southern and London English.

[SuperBlob]

Well, I live in Hampshire at the moment, which is only a stone's throw away from Surrey, and grass without the r sound is considered generally very northern and, by some people, odd. On the other hand, we have a Geordie here who thinks we're all weird and southern for saying grarse. I find the differences quite interesting too, especially the really broad Scottish accents, as they're so different to my experience of southern and London English.

...sounds like my house right there :p

[Zero72]

I don't even know what a scone is. :D

[MrBunsy]

I don't even know what a scone is. :D

:eek:

well, to be fair.. I haven't a clue how to describe them. Hard sweet bread / pastry things which you chop in half and fill with jam and cream.

[bonz]

Ask uncle Google. Or better yet ask auntie Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scone_%28bread%29