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English Muffins
"Roy" > wrote in message
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> 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.
lol
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