Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
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"Oh I can explain that. The reason you think Cone rhymes with Scone is because it does. Skon be gone."
Haha! That explains it!
My Irish ancestors came from Clare (180 years ago) and my English ancestors came from the West Midlands (300 years ago) -- all in the "cone" zone but there's no way that speech pattern would hold that long -- or maybe it would.
@wannabemystiker A Clare man at heart - a county that not only pronounces scone correctly but is very beautiful too. I like the idea of a 'cone scone zone'.
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@wannabemystiker A Clare man at heart - a county that not only pronounces scone correctly but is very beautiful too. I like the idea of a 'cone scone zone'.
@CiaraNi @wannabemystiker @toothless The map backs up your assertion. https://brilliantmaps.com/scone-map/
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Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
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@DavidBridger @jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits I don't know how they pronounce scone in Scone, but I do know they pronounce Scone skoon
@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits I have always been amused that the following sentence:
"I ate one scone at the Stone of Scone"
contains four occurrences of the letter sequence "one" that are often (in some accents, consistently) pronounced *completely differently*. It's not as bad as the situation with "ough", but it's pretty close.
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@CiaraNi @Wifiwits @DavidBridger often wondered if they pronounce it scone or scone in Scone.
The rhone, postponed, feels lonely on the scone.
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@rgarner@mastodon.social @bleistifterin@fnordon.de @CiaraNi@mastodon.green @wsrphoto@sfba.social @Sarahw@mastodon.green
cold brew tastes better than cooked coffee. black. or maybe some green tea for kicks
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@DavidBridger @CiaraNi there were few survivors of the scone/skon wars. #skonskonskon
@Wifiwits @DavidBridger @CiaraNi Which "skon" do you mean? In the IPA, /skon/ is something that sounds like scone, rather than one that sounds like skon. Ok, to be clearer, something that sounds like tone, rather than something that sounds like gone.
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<Sigh.>
<Moose picks up coffee mug (empty) and wanders downstairs to open a fresh packet of Ginger Nut biscuits.>
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@CiaraNi @wannabemystiker @toothless The map backs up your assertion. https://brilliantmaps.com/scone-map/
I saw that map further up this thread which made me consider why I say 'scone' the way I do. But, it could also be a "West Coast" (of the States) speech way (not to be confused Valley Girl Speak).
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I saw that map further up this thread which made me consider why I say 'scone' the way I do. But, it could also be a "West Coast" (of the States) speech way (not to be confused Valley Girl Speak).
@wannabemystiker I'd rule out Valley Girl alright.
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@timpootle @DavidBridger @jbenjamint @CiaraNi @Wifiwits I have always been amused that the following sentence:
"I ate one scone at the Stone of Scone"
contains four occurrences of the letter sequence "one" that are often (in some accents, consistently) pronounced *completely differently*. It's not as bad as the situation with "ough", but it's pretty close.
@dpnash That's excellent
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The rhone, postponed, feels lonely on the scone.
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@wannabemystiker I'd rule out Valley Girl alright.
@psneeze
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Ditto:
'Why are you still on Bluesky too?'
'But did you *delete* your Twitter account?'
’You said you switched to Proton mail too, oh that’s bad, once someone at Proton said something’
It’s nice to see new neighbours move into the Fediverse. It feels unwelcoming to see people immediately interview them about the purity of their intentions. Or telling them You’re Doing It Wrong. They've just arrived on a journey away from Big Tech. Maybe they'd prefer to be offered a seat and a cup of tea.
@CiaraNi hell, i made a bsky account after moving to mastodon, specifically to put on a "good little capitalist citizen" face when needed
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@Stevenheywood Hahah - that made me laugh actually aloud
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@Cadbury_Moose Now I'm sad I have no biccies in the house at all, let alone Ginger Nuts
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@psneeze
Like, for sure.@wannabemystiker As if!
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@wannabemystiker As if!
