tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post6115813266674239046..comments2024-03-27T21:54:06.467-07:00Comments on Wordlady: CON or CONE?Katherine Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-51430229602024082502016-02-04T11:44:23.236-08:002016-02-04T11:44:23.236-08:00Actually that article doesn't mention any conn...Actually that article doesn't mention any connection with the Australian usage of "scone" to mean head. There is a big gap in time between the last use of "sconce" to mean head and the first Australian use of "scone" to mean head, so I am trusting the Australian National Dictionary on this one. It is analogous to "use your loaf" where another breadstuff is used to evoke the head.<br />Katherine Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-68416616088391039052016-02-03T17:13:46.077-08:002016-02-03T17:13:46.077-08:00Found a different source for Australian slang for ...Found a different source for Australian slang for head. Scone doesn't seem right. This source suggests the root is actually "sconce" which relates to a light or lantern. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sco3.htm. In other words, the lights are out for the aforesaid Australian...<br />Jill Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171642566718802242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-44752585233909784762016-01-19T10:59:58.139-08:002016-01-19T10:59:58.139-08:00My mother born and raised in Southern Ireland (Dub...My mother born and raised in Southern Ireland (Dublin) always insisted that scones were pronounced "cone" in Ireland and "con" was the British pronunciation. We lived in northern Britain (Yorkshire) for some years so I assume this is where she heard the "con" pronunciation. In Vancouver where I grew up, I always heard people use the "con" version and "cone" didn't seem to be used or recognized.Jean Jervisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-65060697811606723142016-01-15T13:26:52.692-08:002016-01-15T13:26:52.692-08:00I'd never heard the "cone" pronuncia...I'd never heard the "cone" pronunciation in Vancouver until about ten years ago, and I've noticed that the only people who say it that way are under 30. It started in Starbuck's, as far as I can tell.Anne Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776732631473943315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-41128090708600212732016-01-15T09:35:47.103-08:002016-01-15T09:35:47.103-08:00I've always pronounced it "scon," bu...I've always pronounced it "scon," but I grew up in the UK, where I never once heard the word pronounced any other way. But since moving here I learned to pronounce it "scone" when ordering one in a coffee shop after repeatedly encountering completely blank faces on asking for a "scon." When I'm baking them at home, though, they are "scons."Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10133781237883925281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-82888926689917417312015-11-02T14:15:32.541-08:002015-11-02T14:15:32.541-08:00My family's always said "scon" but I...My family's always said "scon" but I've very occasionally found myself rhyming it with cone when talking to people I'm not related to by blood. Maybe because it seems more likely to be understood? I'm amused by Julia's Second Cup encounter.<br /><br />My dad was born near Manchester (his English dad met his Albertan mum in Canada during the war and brought her back home, temporarily as it turns out) and my mum's mum's parents were both born in Scotland, so we had the "scon" pronunciation reinforced on both sides. Sadly I can't remember eating any scones when I lived in England for a year in my late 20s so don't know what I would have said there.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625305243732431342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-74839207117133579612011-06-04T20:51:39.724-07:002011-06-04T20:51:39.724-07:00Can't wait to try your recipe - thank you!
I ...Can't wait to try your recipe - thank you!<br /><br />I typically use the "scon" pronunciation. However, one morning at a Second Cup, I ordered a coffee and scone to go, opting for the "cone" pronunciation for some reason. I am not sure why. To use the Australian phrase, the woman in line behind me "went me scone-hot" and scolded "It's pronounced "scon"! So it seems that some people have strong feelings about this issue!Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-38230129041203288292011-06-03T19:08:19.944-07:002011-06-03T19:08:19.944-07:00In my family, we actually use both. We enjoy pla...In my family, we actually use both. We enjoy playing with the fact that people have, over the ages, disputed over which is the 'correct' pronunciation. Generally, we say 'scone' rather than 'scon', but my mother has taken to the humourous mispronunciation of 'scoon' owing to hearing someone with a Scottish accent pronounce it that way.Lenorenoreply@blogger.com