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Default Scoan v. sconne

On 11/2/2016 8:48 PM, wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 11/2/2016 8:13 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:58:26 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 2:45:00 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
>>>>> Here we go again! How to pronounce "Scone".
>>>>>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-...onounce-scone/
>>>> I grew up with "sconne",
>>> Same in Aus.
>>> OTOH, the town of Scone, NSW, is 'Scoan'.
>>>

>> And on yet another hand, Scone in Scotland, is pronounced 'skoon'...

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> So was the stone wasn't it?
>

Yes. The Stone of Scone. Of course, you could call it the Stone of
Destiny, and avoid arguments about pronunciation...