On 2016-11-02 6:18 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 11/2/2016 5:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-11-02 4:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 11/2/2016 2:44 PM, graham wrote:
>>>> Here we go again! How to pronounce "Scone".
>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-...onounce-scone/
>>>>
>
>>> If they wanted it to be pronounced scon by everyone, they should have
>>> left off the e.
>>>
>> Like "gone"... note the "e".
>
> Two wrongs don't make a right.
>
>

It is the English language. It is a patchwork of the languages of the
various factions who ruled it over the years.... Celts, Romans, Norse,
French, Germans....
You ought to work through it though it can be rough.