On 2013-12-28 5:04 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> It's that e that makes it a long o, if they wanted a short o,
>> leave off the e.
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> Well, we said 'scons' and written they were scones



My English grandmother used to make them and she called them 'scons' my
other grandmother, mostly Irish and Scottish made them and called them
scones. It is relatively recent that they started appearing in coffee
shops, usually very sweet and over iced and they call them 'scones'. I
always figured they were not British and/or had not been raised with
'scons' so they just didn't know any better.