Skone or skon?

that pic just reminds me of my mom's strawberry shortcake on biscuits :drool:

*ahem* sorry ... that's a whole other debate is it a skone or a biscuit :lol:

*runs away*

 

a skone in the usa is just a slightly sweetened american biscuit. lol. how's that for specifics?

 

yeah i know.

and well biscuits are (if made properly) fluffier and thus a bit taller than the stout scone.

 

not my mother's. but then, she was never much for baking. or maybe she was just trying to make biscuits from my gramma's scone recipe.

 

My lady makes the bestest scones ever. She used to work in the local tea rooms many moons ago and perfected the task with constant baking. Lucky me.

 

what's a tea room?

 

A place where you go to drink tea/coffee and eat cake...usually scones.

 

i was assuming it was like a coffee house ... but with tea.

 

coffee houses have tea, too. are they as informal as coffee houses, or are they miss marple style?

 

They are exactly like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6LhZJdCQY

 

are they really?

 

Oh yes.

 

there was a little place in farmington, nm, that had that girly style. lacey curtains and doilies on tables, floral wallpaper and so much cutesy gingerbread trim around the outside of the building that it was a yellow and white nightmare. little old ladies would flock to that place. i think it was called tea for two or something similarly nauseating.

 

Scon...

 

Scon. Everyone I know pronounces it scon.

 

I have a joke that proves is is said 'scon'.

Whats the fastest cake in the world?!?!

SCON! ha ha

(if you are silly and dont get it its scon, as in 's gone)

 

after reading this thread I went out and bought a pack of scones. mmmm ... tasty. i got all-butter ones so they are chock full of goodness. :lol:

they are nearly exactly like an American biscuit, just a bit sweeter. Definitely still reminds me of home though, which i guess is rather weird since it is an English thing.

can you believe in the 2+ years I've been here I'd never bought a scone before?

anyway, just my random thought to add to this thread for the day.

 

why is it spelled "scone" if it's pronounced "scon?"

 

Why is it spelled "gone" if it's pronounced "gonn"?
It's one of the mysteries of the English language.

 

well, in certain areas of the usa, "gone" is still pronounce "gone," not gonn. yet people consider THEM the uneducated ones.