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[ChrisGreaves]

In the UK, the pronunciation of scone varies regionally...

Tell me again the name of that rock that Charles sat on at his coronation
Cheers, Chris

[GeoffW]

Ah yes. While it most commonly rhymes with John, it often

rhymes with Joan, and occasionally even with June.

This is what a scone looks like for me:

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A delightful description I found of US style biscuits:

"Biscuits" in this sense are buttermilk biscuits, sort of like if a plain scone and a brioche had a child that hung out on a street corner in a questionable part of town where pancakes and croissants gather.

[GeoffW]

Tell me again the name of that rock that Charles sat on at his coronation

I assume you mean the Stone of Scone. I'm not qualified to know the correct answer to the pronunciation.

In my case, I'm much more likely to be cooking scones of stone.

Speaking of Kimg Charles. Did you know that the king cannot be studied?

That's because the king is not a subject.

[ChrisGreaves]

Speaking of Kimg Charles. Did you know that the king cannot be studied?

:roil over laughing:
Cheers, Chris

[stuck]

In the UK, the pronunciation of scone varies regionally...

Correct, and it has to be added that each region vehemently argues that their pronunciation is the correct way

Ken

[HansV]

Of course!

[stuck]

Of course!

Here's a map that won't settle the argument but is interesting nonetheless:
    https://brilliantmaps.com/scone-map/

[BobH]

From memory, a scone in the US rhymes with crone, but in Australia, it rhymes with gone.

There's a phonetic difference?

[stuck]

There's a phonetic difference?

Oh yes! And much heated argument to go with that difference. Why else would someone go to the trouble of producing the scone map I linked to?

[ChrisGreaves]

...Why else would someone go to the trouble of producing the scone map I linked to?

And even then leave off the hamlet of Trinity East on the Bonavista peninsula where they are called, and pronounced as Sultana Raisin Buns?

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Here they are in their raw state; soggy masses of dough.

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Here they are straight out of the oven.

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And here is the one that didn't escape to my scone-box.

This is my second attempt at this recipe. Ruby thinks that I am keen on her pronking terrier "Magy", whereas it was Ruby's scones all along!
Cheers, Chris
P.S. I now understand why I find this world so confusing; "I were born in Bolton!" C