I own that scone!/That scone is gone!: The Great Debate

[Bubba]

A scone shouldn't be that thin though was my point, if it's that thin then it's either smaller in diameter than a regular scone or it hasn't risen properly and is going to be very dense.

If a scone was that thin... would it then be classified as a biscuit?

[Mr. Carnelian]

A scone shouldn't be that thin though was my point, if it's that thin then it's either smaller in diameter than a regular scone or it hasn't risen properly and is going to be very dense.

If a scone was that thin... would it then be classified as a biscuit?

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Seriously though, you've heard people pronounce scone like frown?

What accent is that one?

What about pronouncing it like the number one? Is that a thing? That's weird. I hope it's a thing.

[Shauna]

Seriously though, you've heard people pronounce scone like frown?

What accent is that one?

Some English people are weird. It's probably just an extension of how weird they pronounce "own".

[Psychotic]

I go with own. I am northern on some pronunciations, southern on others. This is one where I'm southern I guess. Midlands for life.

[Mr. Carnelian]

Seriously though, you've heard people pronounce scone like frown?

What accent is that one?

Some English people are weird. It's probably just an extension of how weird they pronounce "own".

You Scots can't talk. One of the Scottish variations is "scoon".

Anyway, scone as "scown" rhyming with "gown" is an archaic pronunciation which - as far as I'm aware - is no longer in use.

[Pumpkin]

I had a 'biscuit' when I was in America a few times and it really tasted dry, dense and horrible. So if I had to guess the difference between the two: A scone is crumbly, delicious and satisfying, and a biscuit turns into some horrible mushy glue like substance that sticks to the roof of your mouth.

I hate biscuits for this exact reason. That and it manages to be gluey and fall apart so you're stuck trying to eat like globs/crumbs instead of a well put together piece of bread. And yes foa, I'm in the southeast and I have tried a bunch of them and I wanted to like them but they are awful.

I pronounce it like own

[Shauna]

Except nobody in Scotland says "scoon" so.

[Mr. Carnelian]

Except nobody in Scotland says "scoon" so.

I never said it was CURRENT.

It's another one which I learned about in History of the English Language, so it's probably not in modern usage.

[fire_of_avalon]

I had a 'biscuit' when I was in America a few times and it really tasted dry, dense and horrible. So if I had to guess the difference between the two: A scone is crumbly, delicious and satisfying, and a biscuit turns into some horrible mushy glue like substance that sticks to the roof of your mouth.

I hate biscuits for this exact reason. That and it manages to be gluey and fall apart so you're stuck trying to eat like globs/crumbs instead of a well put together piece of bread. And yes foa, I'm in the southeast and I have tried a bunch of them and I wanted to like them but they are awful.

Then something is wrong.

Can someone explain to me what clotted cream is? Is it not just butter?

I keep imagining like regular cream with clots in it going through some kind of tube. Like a blood clot. But of cream.

TBH kind of disgusted.

[Shauna]

It's like really thick cream, to the point that it's not pourable or anything.

[FFNut]

Like cake icing, is that clotted cream?

[Shauna]

No. Because that's icing. This is just really thick cream.

[Shauna]

Heavy cream still seems to be fairly pourable. You literally cannot pour clotted cream.



This is how thick we're talking here. You need to spoon it out.

[fire_of_avalon]

It looks like butter. I think you guys just made some soft butter and tried to.get all fancy ass about it.

I like butter and jam on my biscuits too tho, no judgement.