Scone -- rhymes with "John" or with "Joan"?

[pne]

If you are from the UK, how do you pronounce "scone"?

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[pne.livejournal.com]

Speaking of ways to pronounce words, what really irritates me more than almost anything is when people pronounce vase as "vayze" instead of "vahhz".

I think "vayce" is also common, especially in the States. Sounds strange to me as well. It's always "vahhz" for me.

How are you and your lovely family going?

Thank you; well, for the most part. Stella was a little ill earlier this week but seems to have have the worst of it behind her. Amy is growing and discovering new things (such as sucking on her sleeve!) and making us happy.

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I say "vayce." The rest of my family (mother, sister—never heard my dad say it!) says "vahz" though.

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Hearing "vahz" in these parts (Mid-Missouri) is sufficiently rare that I take notice when it happens. In my experience, the people who say it are usually being pretentious; born and raised with the same accent I was, but trying to sound sophisticated.

[swelegant.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Stella is getting better :) Good to see that you're all happy :):)

And vayce? Arrgh! That's just as irritating as vayze! >:(

Now, because I'm a bit bored, I went to a forum I post on and asked the same question. The thread is here (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=95972). Although, only people registered with the forum can read the threads. If you don't want to register, I'm happy to keep you updated on the poll results.

[pne.livejournal.com]

only people registered with the forum can read the threads.

That's OK; BugMeNot had a username/password pair for the forum. I shall have to read it when I have more time.

[swelegant.livejournal.com]

Do you know of any other sites that are like BugMeNot?

[pne.livejournal.com]

You mean, that offer username/password pairs for sites that require free registration? No, I don't know of any others.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I went to a forum I post on and asked the same question.

Thanks! A little bit of interesting information, a lot of off-topic squabbling, and a link to an extremely interesting document (http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/scone.pdf).