Phrases & Sayings

scone (sounds like moan) or scone(gone)

Anybody know the poem which differentiates these two pronunciations please?

wakeover Fri 25/04/08 18:06

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Naomicorlett
Fri 25/04/08
18:17

No but I have groan type jokes......

What's the fastest cake in the world?

Scone. ( only works if you like gone) AND

What's the second fastest cake in the world?

Meringue..( you got to say it like a motorbike whizzing past!)

Sorry :o)

Naomicorlett
Fri 25/04/08
18:18

only works if you say it to rhyme with gone!! I hate proof reading after I send something and then finding a mistake.

tonyted
Fri 25/04/08
22:34

Depends on where you live or how well you were educated.

shaneystar2
Fri 25/04/08
22:36

How about
I asked the maid in gentle tone
To bring to me a buttered scone
The silly girl has only gone
And brought instead a buttered scone

wakeover
Sat 26/04/08
10:09

Question Author

Thanks to all, I think Shaney has solved my question
Once again thanks.

heathfield
Tue 29/04/08
18:37

'Skon', like 'gone', in Scotland, except for the town of Scone, (outside Perth), which is pronounced 'skoon' .
'Skown', like 'moan' is mainly used in England, though not everywhere.

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