reappeared in the pub last night, as usual with no-one being able to produce a convincing argument about which of skoʊn or skɒn was correct. The argument about the pronunciation of scone:- skoʊn, skɒn noun 1. a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like. Scones that are eaten rhyme with gone. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. I lived in Scone in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, for many years. There are two possible pronunciations of the word scone: the first rhymes with gone and the second rhymes with tone. scone pronunciation. Stone of Scone translation and audio pronunciation Listen to audio with how to say the Stone of Scone in English. How to say scone. Listen to the audio pronunciation in English. In US English the pronunciation rhyming with tone is more common. Seven hundred years after King Edward I removed the Stone of Scone from Scottish soil, British Prime Minister John Major unexpectedly announced its return, which occurred on November 15, 1996. However, knowing Wally’s scone was 100 per cent wrong and my scone was 100 per cent right, we persevered and turned to our friend – the internet – for some more guidance. Pronunciation of the Stone of Scone in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Stone of Scone (pronunciation) Comment AFAIK (and Longman's and Wikipedia bear me out) the correct pronunciation of the stone on (or rather above) which the Queen … Pronunciation guide: Learn how to pronounce Stone of Scone in Scots, English with native pronunciation. Definition of the-stone-of-scone in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. I have never heard an Australian rhyme the town with gone. The people there pronounce it Scone to rhyme with Cone. Learn more.

And, just to complicate the matter, there is a third pronunciation available for the word – in the form of the village of Scone in Scotland, which is pronounced “skoon”.