Scones?
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Ha, good question. There are two ways and speakers always think theirs is the 'right' way and the other is wrong. People can have arguments over this, believe it or not (tongue in cheek though).
It either rhymes with stones or on.
It either rhymes with stones or on.
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Well, tea before the milk for me. And jam before the cream (if the cream's any good, trying to spread the jam on it makes an unholy mess and leaves far too much of both stuck to the knife, and you daren't lick it: much easier the other way round for me).
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hi sue,
I'm from the midlands and for me it was always "scone" as in "throne", "bone" etc.
Here in cornwall it tends to be Scon, as in .. well, not much to be honest.
Jam goes on first, then clotted cream. or vv, but here anyway it ought to be a cornish split, [a yeast bun] not a scone at all. spread it with cream then golden syrup, then it's thunder and lightening!
regards, ann
I'm from the midlands and for me it was always "scone" as in "throne", "bone" etc.
Here in cornwall it tends to be Scon, as in .. well, not much to be honest.
Jam goes on first, then clotted cream. or vv, but here anyway it ought to be a cornish split, [a yeast bun] not a scone at all. spread it with cream then golden syrup, then it's thunder and lightening!
regards, ann
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Irish grandmother - and she called them "tea biscuits" - and she put on them only butter and strawberry preserve. I had read about scones in old-fashioned British mysteries but never know what they actually were until I got there.
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I'll be contradictory voice on the milk/tea issue:
We were taught that the tea steeped in the tea pot; milk and sugar are put in the cup, and then tea is poured into the milk.
I don't know why it's this way, but it sure tastes good!
We were taught that the tea steeped in the tea pot; milk and sugar are put in the cup, and then tea is poured into the milk.
I don't know why it's this way, but it sure tastes good!