Scone it’s official

At least, he'd try to.

Scone rhymes with gone here. Though DH would disagree.

Scone gone for me too. I've never heard scone to rhyme with bone in Scotland. Isn't it here they were invented!

"One theory holds that is derives from Dutch schoonbrood (literally, pure/clean bread), another that it comes from sgonn, Scots Gaelic for a large mouthful." from bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-great-scone-map-of-the-uk-and-ireland

Recording of pronunciation of schoonbrood - www.howtopronounce.com/dutch/schoonbrood/

Pronunciation of scone by social climbers. philologicon.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/scone/

Done and dusted. I rest my case.

Don't be ridiculous

Scone (the eatable one not the place with a palace) rhymes with gone.

Galen it's a con!! Rhymes with scone

Anja you could try putting currants in one half and not the other

I've seen people put the cream on first then just blob the jam on top.

As in 'Sconservative' perhaps!

Re; the debate about cream or jam first ?
Almost impossible to spread the jam over the cream as it causes the cream to slide off the scone.??.
Scone has always rhymed with 'Con' for me.

Lynne59- add 'gone' to your list!!

Scone ( to rhyme with ‘gone’) for me, and Esspee beat me to it with Scone!

Just because radio 4 said it doesn't make it right!
Scone to rhyme with gone - a scone, there one minute and gone the next

But definitely jam first Galen - that's the Cornish way
and proper clotted cream next
and no fruit in the scone unless you want to just have it buttered.

Definitely scone rhyming with cone and jam first

Bone
Cone
Lone
Tone
Scone

Scone same as gone here in Warrington and always jam first if served with cream. Lovely toasted the day after with lots of butter . Mmmm

scone to rhyme with stone here.
and definately jam first followed by cream - the devonshire way.
over the years it's been found to be the best way as you can get lots more cream on jam.
but no butter is needed.

Day6 try using gone as a guide if you come up here! See Elegran's map of scone pronunciation.

Thank you Galen for passing that on.

I am a scone to rhyme with stone woman. The 'cone' bit is the guide.

Jam definitely goes on first when having cream with them.

It's that North-South divide again.
bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-great-scone-map-of-the-uk-and-ireland

For me, scone rhymes with gone. Butter first, then jam, then a dod of cream.

The village and palace of Scone/scoon is a red herring.

For me it is scone to rhyme with “gone”, but hereabouts they say scone to rhyme with “stone” (which is what mine resemble, mostly!). I was heard to say to the waitress, in a cafe last week, “really nice scones, thanks”. DH remarked that it was the first time he had heard me use the ‘local’ pronunciation! Perhaps I am being absorbed by some local linguistic amoeba! No jam, or cream, just butter for me!

scone, gone

Butter first every time, then jam, then cream

Whole hog! ?

Oh I love the cheese ones, with cream cheese and tomato chutney.

Cut them in half. One side rhymes with gone and the other with moan. Cream on gone side, jam on t’other, butter under both.

Not that I’m sitting on the fence.....

Scone to rhyme with gone every time!! No jam or cream for me as I prefer cheese scones.