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How to pronounce scone
Both ways are correct
🇬🇧 rhymes with gone
SKON
/skɒn/
🇬🇧 rhymes with bone
SKOHN
/skəʊn/
My tip
The British argue about this one! Which do you say?
Now you say it
- Listen to both, two or three times.
- Say them slowly, one after the other: SKON, then SKOHN.
- Choose one and use it. Both are fine!
Questions
How do you pronounce scone?
Both ways are correct: /skɒn/, said SKON (rhymes with gone), and /skəʊn/, said SKOHN (rhymes with bone). The British argue about this one! Which do you say?
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