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[News] The world scone mad
- Thread starter Is it PotG?
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Fish puns are baked in, these are something altogether different
I would wager she probably also spends hours queuing to get on to Henman Hill/Murray Mound at Wimbledon every year, queued for days to see the Queen’s coffin and doesn’t trust Sir Kier Starmer.
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
She didn't even visit the closest NT property too her, in Osterley Park
Insel affe
HellBilly
Insel affe
HellBilly
Oh come on, where’s your sense of adventure I think it’s Brill
Taybha
Whalewhine
Oh for Codshake this is getting ridiculous
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
The older you get the more you find this debate just won't go away.
It's a quirk of our beloved English language, let me illustrate:
take "one" - pronounced "w-un" on its own.
Then put a "c" in front to make "cone" said as "co-own"
Now swap the "c" for a "g" to make "gone" said as "g-on"
But hey, put "sc" in front of "one" to give "scone" and everyone argues it either [ooh, is the "eye-ver" or "eve-er"?] should sound like "own" or "on" - yet "one" on its own but preceded with "sc" must surely be pronounced "sc-wun".
I also love how we have decided how to make syllables in words chosing where to break the word up.
Like "TITANIC" we say "Tye-tanic" yet those same letters could be read as "tit-a-nic"
Same for "CHICAGO" we say "She-cargo" but why not "Chic-a-go" - "Chic" being said as "chick"
How do you say "Yoghurt"? Some say "Yog-urt" others "Yo-gurt"
Americans calling "data" "dar-ter" when we say "day-ter"
Yanks again with "semi" saying "sem-eye" and us saying "sem-me"
Ooh, now where was I?
Ah yes, clotted cream on top of strawberry jam does it for me - maybe someone should put a poll up?
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Titanic is from Greek, so presumably follows their pronunciation.
Chicago is a French corruption of a Native American word, so likewise.
Yoghurt, data and semi are, like so many Americanisms, pronunciations closer to those which the Pilgrims would have used, which they kept and we have evolved away from.
Cream first - it's the butter.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
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philistine.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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ime USians usually say "daa-ta" long "a". there are a few and New Zealanders (and Canadians?) who say "dar-ta" which is always daft in database, switching a in the same word
oh and another philistine.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No butter?Adjusted for you
Oddly enough had a cream tea today - bought from a local cafe near B Hill as a takeaway and taken to my old mum who loves it. The scones (‘owns’ not ‘ons’) were great (contained fruit, which Mrs D promptly removed), the cream was clotted (only allowed option) and went on first followed by strawberry jam. No butter, the cream does the job the butter would - hence why it HAS to go on first. The jam is then dolloped, not ’spread’.
Mrs D, Mum D and I are all Devon born, so know about these things. Don’t listen to anyone influenced by the inbreds from the wrong side of the Tamar.
Buttered scone (gone) then jam, then cream.
No, no, a hundred times no.
When I worked for Nat West in the late 80s American Express (and it's roundabout) was always seemingly 'Amex' as in aim-ex. But it's now 'am'-ex. I still have to correct myself.
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Back to the OP and the story of Sarak Merker who tried a Scone with Cream and Jam at every National trust property and I dare say is now a bit of an expert, so much so that shes written a book on Amazon about it.......... check out the cover pic of said Cream/Jam and weep!
I hope the National trust urgently considers a banning order from all of its properties for seeking to radicalise the good folks partaking in the correct manner at its cafes.
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
Yeah, but ...
With the scone top on, shirley all one need do is invert the entire gubbins.
Then the jam's on top - five minute job [probably less] - everyone happy?