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Which way is right

Dazzler21
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Scone as in S-Cone - Or Scone as in S-Gone
Almond as in Al-Mond or Almond as in All-mond
Potato as in Pot ate oh or Potato as in Pot art oh
Far more pressing than matters of Charlton!
Almond as in Al-Mond or Almond as in All-mond
Potato as in Pot ate oh or Potato as in Pot art oh
Far more pressing than matters of Charlton!
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Shrowsbury or Shrewsbury?
(actually I think that has something to do with which side of the Severn you live on?)0 -
Spanners or scum?4
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South London or Saaaarrrrrffff Luunndon?
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Scone - my gran was a Geordie and always used to make scones, so the only time when growing up that I heard the word was when she'd say "d'ye want a scoo-wan?"
Almond - neither. I say arl-mond.
Potato - are you having a fucking laugh?2 -
S-cone
All-mond
Pot ate oh
Shrewsbury0 -
S-cone
Ah-mond (silent L)
Pot ate oh. the other one is surely only used when doing a bad Australian accent.0 -
Bugger off or naff off.0
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Fer Christes Sak Dazz. The clube wee lov is fullin apheart an u r bovvering wiv thiss sorte ov cayper!0
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My wife being foreign and posh is driven mad by us saying tomatah instead of tomato..
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3 out 4, I'm sure Shrewsbury has an "O" in it round my way.paulie8290 said:S-cone
All-mond
Pot ate oh
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Ha ha ha The potato one is purely in there from the old "I say potato you say Potarto" or "You say Tomater I say Tomato"
The real pressing ones are Almonds and Scones.0 -
Waggy or Green?2
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S-Gone (hence the joke 'What's the fastest cake in the world? Scone!)
All-mond
Po-tay-to
Shrows-bury
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pat-tron-ise or pay-tron-ise0 -
S-cone
Pot ate oh
Ah-mond
Shrewsbury
Porsch or Porsch-eh?
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Covered or Cupboard end?0
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ChaRLton or chowton0
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Porsch unless you present a motoring TV show.ForeverAddickted said:S-cone
Pot ate oh
Ah-mond
Shrewsbury
Porsch or Porsch-eh?1 -
---> That way2
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Nike or Nikey0
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It must be S-cone.
The 'e' on the end makes you say the 'o' as the letter.
same with pipe, bone, cone, metronome...
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Luz-on or Looz-on?0
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The problem with the English language is that there is always an exception to a general rule. Scone being one of them.cafcnick1992 said:It must be S-cone.
The 'e' on the end makes you say the 'o' as the letter.
same with pipe, bone, cone, metronome...0 -
Guy or Gee?0
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S-cone
Ah-mond0 -
Scone not scon
Armond not al-mond
Shroesbury
Neether or nither?
Controversy - do you stress the first syllable or the second?
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