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No politics please. Don't be a dick.

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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] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Grew up in Yorkshire where we will shorten anything but an "o" sound, which instead becomes very long. So scone rhymes "stone", with extra "o".

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

This is some serious analysis!