Afternoon tea

[BensGrandad]

Wife and I just had tea and scones. I pronounce it as sc own s she says sc on s who is correct?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Rhymes with gone.

 

[Icy Gull]

I think both are correct? Saying sCONE makes you sound a bit posh though.

 

[dougdeep]

The fastest cake in the world you know.

 

[Icy Gull]

The fastest cake in the world you know.

Fastest milk? - Pateurised before you see it

Bloody hell, this is a bit Tony Blackburn

 

[Mackenzie]

I say sCONE, but then I did go to a very posh school.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I was brought up in Whitehawk and pronounce it sCONE whereas my missus was brought up in Hangleton and pronounces it sCON , so a bit of an east - west divide.

 

[Bakero]

Rhymes with gone unless you're posh, then it rhymes with own.

Turns out you're a little posher than your wife BG.

 

[n1 gull]

Def scOWN but I would be upstairs if living in Downton Abbey

 

[sam86]

It's definitely SC-OWN. If you say SC-GONE, you are practically a peasant.

 

[banjo]

Def scOWN but I would be upstairs if living in Downton Abbey

Lucky you I'd be living with scuttle maid.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

How do you say scone

Hope this helps, although I'm not sure if it does.

 

[fruitnveg]

Peasant reporting in.

 

[Icy Gull]

Peasant reporting in.

With that user name, we already knew

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I say sCONE, but then I did go to a very posh school.

I went to a pretty posh school too, but I don't recall discussing teatime snacking items, so was never taught the proper speaks. I still think they rhyme with gone.

 

[Mackenzie]

I went to a pretty posh school too, but I don't recall discussing teatime snacking items, so was never taught the proper speaks. I still think they rhyme with gone.

You never did teatime snack elocution lessons at your school!!!?

Poor show.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Wife and I just had tea and scones. I pronounce it as sc own s she says sc on s who is correct?

Should the thread title not be 'cream tea'?

 

[BensGrandad]

Should the thread title not be 'cream tea'?

No only had butter and jam on them not cream. In fact we have them most days

 

[soistes]

I think there's a north-south element to it as well as class
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/scone

 

[WATFORD zero]

I was brought up in Whitehawk and pronounce it sCONE whereas my missus was brought up in Hangleton and pronounces it sCON , so a bit of an east - west divide.

I had sCONEs as a kid in Mile Oak. Does that mean Benfield was posh ?