h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Me I say it rhyming with Gone, my stepmother with Drone....

Boy did we used to have some massive arguments about this. What is the opinion of the hootooiverse...

FB

I would say drone.

Oh, and like stone, too. Like the dwarves' Scone of Stone in Discworld

Rhymes with soon and with a hard "c".

I didnt even realise that was a possibility SWL! How anglo-centric of me!

FB

Just adding my vote for 'drone'

Scone, drone - me too!

Is it a north/south divide on this?

I'm southern and a scone = gone typee!

FB

In New Scotland (Nova Scotia) you'll hear skoon, skawn or skone.
It all depends on the town you're in and the ethnic heritage of the
speaker. But mostly you'll hear 'tea biscuit'. And 'You want raisins
or currants innit?'.


~jwf~

PS@toybox The Stone of Scone!

The etymology of the word would indicate that it should be pronounced to rhyme with 'goon'.

B

I've always gone with the drone way ... after all people in glass houses don't throw stons ... and the dunce in the corner doesn't wear a con on their head ...

Sub-question ... which is the posh pronounciation? I always felt the gone version is posh ...

Q. What's the fastest cake in the world?

It' sgone.

Exactly.

Ah, 'twas easy with the discussion above

As a Scotswoman I'd argue it depends on how you mean it.

If you are talking about the place outside Perth with the famous stone - it's pronounced Skoon.

If it's got butter & jam on it - it's a scone = gone!

Scone rhymes with gone for me. I'm from Manchistoh, if that helps. Not sure about north/south or posh/not posh. We recently had this discussion at work and opinions were a bit random - it didn't seem to make much difference where people hailed from, either geographically or socially.

I was right, of course.

Skawn for me - I think for most people I know, too.