Take the S out of scone, what are you left with? Cone, not con.
Some interesting etymology
Cone, comes from Latin/French
Gone, is Germanic
Scone, looks to be a bit unknown but could be Germanic via Scots or Greek or middle Dutch.
The Pennines seem to be the centre of the cone crowd.
But what about “scoon” ?
Skawn
All this talk of scones makes me want to eat a pizza.
Now a map on how cone or gone is pronounced.
Now we also need a map to show who thinks jam goes on top of the clotted cream, and who thinks it’s the other way around.
TIL that the Irish speak the best english.
Why is Ireland on this “british” map?
The fake precision on this map is ridiculous. Gives the impression it was equivalent to census data.
Wait, the British have different accents? No way! Call the media
I have no idea how to pronounce either of these words.
God damn it, I just mansplained to my family a few years ago that ackshually it’s pronounced as if it’s rhyming with gone, and now you tell me that both ways to say it are correct.
This sub really hates r/Ireland
I’ve been so confused for so many years. But yet again. It’s just because I’m from the midlands. This happens like at least twice a year every year.
I grew up in the midlands but left as a teenager and have moved around ever since. So I never really learned what was midlands and what was English.
Yes lads! Scone rhyming with ‘cone’ gang rise up!
Ireland finally recognised as a whole nation
British and IRISH. The map shows both countries.
i say scoon just because a Br*t told me to
Great Vowel Shift
Wonder what the source is on this. I’m not sure I believe that gone is more common throughout most of the south.
It’s interesting that the area of England that got the most Irish immigration has the most amount of coners
Gnome
Title is wrong there mate
Where’s the source?
I’d have flipped that legend up the other way to align with the map colours
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>British
>Ireland included
Wait, cone and gone don’t rhyme?
This fucking language.
It rhymes with cone, and I’m from the south.
Take the S out of scone, what are you left with? Cone, not con.
Some interesting etymology
Cone, comes from Latin/French
Gone, is Germanic
Scone, looks to be a bit unknown but could be Germanic via Scots or Greek or middle Dutch.
The Pennines seem to be the centre of the cone crowd.
But what about “scoon” ?
Skawn
All this talk of scones makes me want to eat a pizza.
Now a map on how cone or gone is pronounced.
Now we also need a map to show who thinks jam goes on top of the clotted cream, and who thinks it’s the other way around.
TIL that the Irish speak the best english.
Why is Ireland on this “british” map?
The fake precision on this map is ridiculous. Gives the impression it was equivalent to census data.
Wait, the British have different accents? No way! Call the media
I have no idea how to pronounce either of these words.
God damn it, I just mansplained to my family a few years ago that ackshually it’s pronounced as if it’s rhyming with gone, and now you tell me that both ways to say it are correct.
This sub really hates r/Ireland
I’ve been so confused for so many years. But yet again. It’s just because I’m from the midlands. This happens like at least twice a year every year.
I grew up in the midlands but left as a teenager and have moved around ever since. So I never really learned what was midlands and what was English.
Yes lads! Scone rhyming with ‘cone’ gang rise up!
Ireland finally recognised as a whole nation
British and IRISH. The map shows both countries.
i say scoon just because a Br*t told me to
Great Vowel Shift
Wonder what the source is on this. I’m not sure I believe that gone is more common throughout most of the south.
It’s interesting that the area of England that got the most Irish immigration has the most amount of coners
Gnome
Title is wrong there mate
Where’s the source?
I’d have flipped that legend up the other way to align with the map colours
It’s actually pronounced “scwun” like “one”