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submitted 2 years ago by Higlerfay to c/ukcasual

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I need your help to settle this perpetual disagreement in my home. I'm team 'skon' whereas my husband is team 'skone.'

Some context, we are not native to the UK so I will humbly accept consensus.

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[–] agreyworld 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Grew up in Yorkshire where we will shorten anything but an "o" sound, which instead becomes very long. So scone rhymes "stone", with extra "o".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This is some serious analysis!

[–] AnarchistArtificer 2 points 2 years ago

Same here. Always used to associate the short o scone with "posh" people.

I love the map, thanks for sharing, it's an interesting visualisation