On Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:39:02 PM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> > On 12/28/2013 5:04 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> >> "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,
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> >>>> 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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> > I've always said 'scons' but written scones.
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> Aye but you are one of us ...
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You make it sound like a conspiracy...ahahahahaha.