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wakeover | 03:51 Fri 16th Jan 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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Does anyone know the little ditty which explains the two pronunciations of the word scone. Where one rhymes with gone and one rhymes with gnome. Thanks in advance.
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I'm unfamiliar with the ditty, but the two obvious pronunciations surely rhyme with gone and tone rather than gnome. There is, of course a third; namely, the place-name in Perthshire associated with Scottish kings...pronounced to rhyme with moon.
10:45 Fri 16th Jan 2009
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I asked the maid, in a dulcet tone,
To order me a buttered scone.
The silly girl has been and gone,
And ordered me a buttered scon.!

10:51 Fri 16th Jan 2009
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Ah...at least I got the rhyme-words right! (Nice to see you, Shaney. Haven't noticed you around for ages somehow.)
16:17 Fri 16th Jan 2009
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Thanks very much Shaneystar
18:05 Fri 16th Jan 2009

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