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🔴 🇬🇧 **The scone pronunciation map of Britain**
_...a recent YouGov study of more than 54,000 Britons finding that 51% say they pronounce the word to rhyme with ‘gone’ but 45% saying they pronounce it to rhyme with ‘bone’._
🔗 https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/50339-the-scone-pronunciation-map-of-britain
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@mitchell I am not sure but I do not think so.
@bibliolater @linguistics Important research from YouGov.
Especially for those that bake or eat scones.
@bibliolater @linguistics I wonder if this correlates with the pronunciation of “shone” /ʃɑn/ (Sean) or /ʃoʊn/ (shown)