On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 08:58:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-11-03 12:43 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> In article >, Nancy Young says...
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> And if they wanted it to be pronouced Wensday, they shouldn't have
>> written Wednesday.
>
>There are still some people around who know how to speak English
>properly. Most of the people I know pronounce Wednesday as it is
>spelled. Those who pronounce it Wensday tend to mispronounce a lot of
>other words too.

Before I retired I pronounced Wednesday Humpday!