On Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:04:05 PM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> > On 12/28/2013 4:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
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> >> A scone is more like a biscuit in texture, but usually a little richer,
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> >> and cut into wedge or diamonds shapes. They are usually served with jam
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> >> and butter or clotted cream. There are a lot of scones being flogged
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> >> these days that are loaded with sugar and often covered in icing, much
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> >> different from the scones my English grandmother made... and hers did
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> >> not rhyme with stones.
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> > It's that e that makes it a long o, if they wanted a short o,
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> > leave off the e.
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> Well, we said 'scons' and written they were scones
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Unfortunately the English have one 'ell of a time pronouncing what they write...and the Scots are not much better.