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Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:23 pm
by alice
sasasha wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:04 am
/nɒtɛndəduːd/ wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:54 pm
Lērisama wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:49 pm ¹ /scɔnz/, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong
I typically pronounce it as /skɔnz/, but I love the use of /c/
That certainly brings a whole other dimension to the old how do you pronounce ‘scone’ question.
The definitive answer is /skɒn/, certainly not anything like /skoun/. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
Unless you're talking about the town in Perthshire, which as all right-thinking people know is /skun/.

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 3:19 pm
by Travis B.
I have never heard an American say anything like /skɑn/ myself.

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 3:45 pm
by /nɒtɛndəduːd/
alice wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:23 pm Unless you're talking about the town in Perthshire, which as all right-thinking people know is /skun/.
personally, I am a left-thinking person

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 5:02 am
by Lērisama
alice wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:23 pm
sasasha wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:04 am
/nɒtɛndəduːd/ wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:54 pm

I typically pronounce it as /skɔnz/, but I love the use of /c/
That certainly brings a whole other dimension to the old how do you pronounce ‘scone’ question.
The definitive answer is /skɒn/, certainly not anything like /skoun/. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
Unless you're talking about the town in Perthshire, which as all right-thinking people know is /skun/.
Thank you for your right-thinkingness. My only difference would be my English IPA¹

¹ /skɔn/ and /skɵwn/, respectively