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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I need your help to settle this perpetual disagreement in my home. I'm team 'skon' whereas my husband is team 'skone.'

Some context, we are not native to the UK so I will humbly accept consensus.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Brought up in the home counties and it's always been scone (bone) to me.

Related controversy: café, one or two syllables??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends. If it's a greasy spoon sort of place, then caff. If it's a bit posh, then caff-ay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I agree. A caff and a caffay are 2 different things

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm my unqualified opinion, two for sure. How do you even say it otherwise? Caff?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say it with two but I know plenty who say it caff!

I feel bad for that é, it barely gets to do anything in English and then when it gets a chance people ignore it anyway smh 😔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well now I've been sent down a rabbit hole on borrowed words in English and am very upset that décor has been made so boring.