Scone

Shane (Email Removed) schreef in berichtnieuws
[nq:1]Scone. The 'o' in scone, the bread, is read 'o' in 'scope' or 'o' in 'scot'?[/nq]
Both seem to be possible;
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=scone
Harm Tuenter

[nq:1]Scone. The 'o' in scone, the bread, is read 'o' in 'scope' or 'o' in 'scot'?[/nq]
The pronunciation carries social class implications in England. Short scone is U = upper-class usage, long scone is non-U or lower-class.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[nq:1]Scone. The 'o' in scone, the bread, is read 'o' in 'scope' or 'o'in 'scot'?[/nq]
It is widely believed that there is only one correct pronunciation, but not so widely agreed what that correct pronunciation is.

I (northern England) use the /A./ of "scot", but you'll hear the other one too.
Jonathan

Ah yes. "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms" springs irresistibly to mind.

Regards,
Mark Barratt

In the US, where scones are regarded as an exotic Britic food(1), the /oU/ pronunciation (rhyming with 'cone') is nigh universally used, I think only because there's no awareness of the other pronunciation and it is orthographically-speaking counter-intuitive.
(1)This despite the fact that "biscuits", a native AmE food associated particularly with the South and the Midland, are akin to a BrE '

[nq:1]In the US, where scones are regarded as an exotic Britic food(1),[/nq]
What's exotic about it? I feel It's just a regular piece of bread that doesn't have much its own characteristics. Maybe I haven't tried that many yet. The ones I had are from supermarket. Do restaurants in the NYC area serve them?
[nq:1]the /oU/ pronunciation (rhyming with 'cone') is nigh universally used, I think

It will be. And you mean "NTTAWT" is ?
Mike.

[nq:2]In the US, where scones are regarded as an exotic Britic food(1),[/nq]
[nq:1]What's exotic about it?[/nq]
It's retained its Hiberno-Britic quality. It's not Americanized. It's thought of as "something from England (sic)".
[nq:1]I feel It's just a regular piece of bread that doesn't have much its own characteristics.[/nq]
Say what? Scones aren't bread.
[nq:1]Maybe I haven'

[nq:1]Scone. The 'o' in scone, the bread, is read 'o' in 'scope' or 'o' in 'scot'?[/nq]
Correct.
Adrian

[nq:2]Maybe I haven't tried that many yet. The ones I had are from supermarket. Do restaurants in the NYC area serve them?[/nq]
[nq:1]Restaurants proper? Probably diner/coffeeshop-type places do, though maybe not, and not traditionally. You might find them in Starbucks-ish coffee jernts, which aren't restaurants of course.[/nq]
Delicious ones are to be had from Shane's Bakery, in Woodside,