"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> 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
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> 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.

Sounds like!

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