Scone or scone?

[Yorky]

In fairness to the researchers and the study, it was about how regional dialects change, which is a huge subject, so it wasn't simply a case of finding out how people pronounce one particular word.

Paid for by whom?

 

[Duck59]

Sorry, but if you intend to pursue this level of aggression, then I have nothing further to say.

 

[Morning Glory]

On that theory, just about the entire population of northern England, Scotland and the six counties would be posh...

No - I'm saying there is more than one factor; its regional but somewhat class related too,

 

[Morning Glory]

Paid for by whom?

I think it was based on a YouGov survey.

 

[Morning Glory]

But looking at the map on another website it states:

Researchers launched an English Dialects app that asks how you pronounce 26 words, and predicts where you might come from. Using data collected from 30,000 people who used the app across Britain, they’ve discovered huge changes in the way we speak.

 

[Morning Glory]

The YouGov poll showed:

51 per cent pronounce it to rhyme with 'gone' with around four in ten, or 42 per cent, pronouncing it like 'bone'.

The difference in pronunciation usually changes across regions, but it can also be affected by social grade. So even if you grew up in the south, where saying scone with a long O is more prominent, you could say it differently to your local friends

This would account for my experience growing up in the South where we said scone to rhyme with 'bone' and thought scone to rhyme with 'gone' was posh,

 

[Yorky]

I think it was based on a YouGov survey.

Did it hurt you to say that?

 

[Yorky]

Sorry, but if you intend to pursue this level of aggression, then I have nothing further to say.

That sounds like a "don't know".

 

[Morning Glory]

That sounds like a "don't know".

I'm expect @Duck59 does know... but lets not bicker, guys. I'm sure there are more interesting topics.

What is the ultimate fast food?

Spoiler

Scone - the joke (if you could call it that) only works with the Northern pronunciation

 

[Ken Natton]

Tum-te-tum You say either and I say either, la-de-da, you say neither and I say neither, either either, neither neither, let's call the whole thing off...

You say steak and kdney pie, I say botulism... rum-te-tum

I'm gonna go and have a bath.

 

[Morning Glory]

Tum-te-tum You say either and I say either, la-de-da, you say neither and I say neither, either either, neither neither, let's call the whole thing off...

You say steak and kdney pie, I say botulism... rum-te-tum

I'm gonna go and have a bath.

A long 'a' bath or short 'a' bath? Bath as in 'barth' or as in bath to rhyme with 'hath'?

 

[Ken Natton]

A long 'a' bath or short 'a' bath? Bath as in 'barth' or as in bath to rhyme with 'hath'?

That's why I said it. I have a bath every six months whether I need one or not.

 

[Duck59]

Something else the study revealed was that the -th sound is fast disappearing from the language, being replaced by an -f sound.

This leads to the worrying thought that lots of people in the south of England intend to go for a barf.

 

[sidevalve]

On that theory, just about the entire population of northern England, Scotland and the six counties would be posh...

We are aren't we ?

 

[sidevalve]

I think it was based on a YouGov survey.

So we all paid for it then.

That's why I said it. I have a bath every six months whether I need one or not.

NO - don't do it I find it dangerous to lose ones protective layer