lost me..sorry... one of the token Americans here.
sure, scone rhymes with stone. But with gone? Maybe I'm misreading it, but I understand that as you saying scone rhymes with gone which rhymes with stone.
If I say, 'He's gone to the store,' gone rhymes failrly close with 'yawn.'
Anyways, in Americanese:
Cookie: your biscuits.
Biscuit: your scone
Scone: We call scones scones when you buy one at a cafe and they know you won't pay $3 for it if we just called it a biscuit. They also tend to be fairly largeer than an average American biscuit, further confusing the issue.
(sure, scone rhymes with stone. But with gone? Maybe I'm misreading it, but I understand that as you saying scone rhymes with gone which rhymes with stone.
If I say, 'He's gone to the store,' gone rhymes failrly close with 'yawn.'
Anyways, in Americanese:
Cookie: your biscuits.
Biscuit: your scone
Scone: We call scones scones when you buy one at a cafe and they know you won't pay $3 for it if we just called it a biscuit. They also tend to be fairly largeer than an average American biscuit, further confusing the issue.
Foxglove -- it all ends in tears anyway...,
Fri 24 Feb 2006, 15:54,
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Rhymes depening upon locationScone (rhyme with stone) is pronounced sc-own. But the version which rhymes with gone is like saying "its gone" really fast without the ee sound at the beginning i.e. "sgone", where gone rhymes with On (and that isn't awn, just on).
Lemme guess, you from round NY way?
(Lemme guess, you from round NY way?
DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer,
Sat 25 Feb 2006, 17:59,
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