How do you pronounce SCONE?

[Thunder Bolt]

I find myself struggling to care how it's pronounced. It pales into insignificance when compared to the decision of cream on jam or jam on cream.

Some idiots prefer to put jam on first.

In Devon, the scones are split in two and topped with cream followed by jam. In Cornwall, the split scones are topped with jam and then cream.

Cornish way for me.

 

[Chicken Run]

I call it a ‘biscuit’ now

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

There’s a north/south thing going on here and for a change the northerners are on the posh side. Rhymes with gone for me. If I were posher or a northerner then the other option.

 

[Crawley Dingo]

Doesn't the magic e make the vowel hard like phone? Mind you a few here probably say their "mobil phon".

 

[Horses Arse]

How should one pronounce the creamy jammy treat.

Should it be scone to rhyme with CONE

Or scone to rhyme with GONE?

NSC decides.

Either

 

[MJsGhost]

Mezzle Bezzle knows! (rhymes with gone)

 

[Guinness Boy]

Either

Yes, but are you pronouncing that "either" or "either"?

 

[BrightonCottager]

Yes but, No but....What about a Dorset Knob - is it a biscuit or a cake?

 

[Horses Arse]

Yes, but are you pronouncing that "either" or "either"?

That was my 'too subtle' point. Though its a nice change to realise that I'm being too subtle!

 

[Icy Gull]

Yes but, No but....What about a Dorset Knob - is it a biscuit or a cake?

Leedo or Liedo is another one of these too. (Lido)
Leedo for me as in Lido de Jesolo

Most Brits say Liedo

Ebitha or Eyebitha is another (Ibiza). This is one hundred percent Ebitha though

 

[WATFORD zero]

Leedo or Liedo is another one of these too. (Lido)
Leedo for me as in Lido de Jesolo

Most Brits say Liedo

Ebitha or Eyebitha is another (Ibiza). This is one hundred percent Ebitha though

Ibeesa

First time I went, around 1980 we called it eyebeeza, all the cool people called it eyebeetha
Fifteen years later, eyebeetha, no, Ibeetha
Fifteen years later Ibeetha, no, Ibeesa

and so on. Don't get me started on two beers, s, b, th, v

 

[Icy Gull]

Ibeesa

Eivessa

 

[Triggaaar]

something to do with "past-your-eyes"?! "in seconds...?"

 

[Triggaaar]

I have now totally changed and pronounce it to rhyme with 'gone'.

This is probably the best example NSC has in 2023 of self-improvement

 

[BN9 BHA]

Leedo or Liedo is another one of these too. (Lido)
Leedo for me as in Lido de Jesolo

Most Brits say Liedo

Ebitha or Eyebitha is another (Ibiza). This is one hundred percent Ebitha though

I regularly work in Saltdean and most residents say Liedo.

Ibiza - beefa init

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Ibeesa

First time I went, around 1980 we called it eyebeeza, all the cool people called it eyebeetha
Fifteen years later, eyebeetha, no, Ibeetha
Fifteen years later Ibeetha, no, Ibeesa

and so on. Don't get me started on two beers, s, b, th, v

Tenerife or Tenerifee?

 

[Easy 10]

I find myself struggling to care how it's pronounced. It pales into insignificance when compared to the decision of cream on jam or jam on cream.

Some idiots prefer to put jam on first.

You fool.

Of COURSE the jam goes on first. Its a spread. Cream is a TOPPING. You do not, repeat do NOT, put jam on top of a topping. I'm frankly exasperated to even have to explain this at half eleven on a Friday.

And look what you made me do. Three capitalised words in one post FFS (4 if you count that).

 

[Pevenseagull]

You fool.

Of COURSE the jam goes on first. Its a spread. Cream is a TOPPING. You do not, repeat do NOT, put jam on top of a topping. I'm frankly exasperated to even have to explain this at half eleven on a Friday.

And look what you made me do. Three capitalised words in one post FFS (4 if you count that).

THIS


With jam on top.




f***

 

[BrightonCottager]

Leedo or Liedo is another one of these too. (Lido)
Leedo for me as in Lido de Jesolo

Most Brits say Liedo

Ebitha or Eyebitha is another (Ibiza). This is one hundred percent Ebitha though

I would've expected that kind of comment from @AmexRuislip . It's obviously Lido, not Leedo.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I say ssssssss cone, but they rhyme with pit