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[Izuna]

no you don't

He won one tonne of scones
Was it one tonne?
Two million
One million

He did a ton of one-frame links. That is why he won. He was number one.

- https://soundcloud.com/izzy-theophilou/finalfinalk -

I can hear myself say them differently. But if it sounds the same to you guy, then it's not my intention and it's probably a side-effect of talking to people on Xbox LIVE. I have to fix that.

 

[Noaloha]

But you must recognize that most Englanders don't talk like you.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but are you from the UK or the US?

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

Nej, nej, nej.

Yawn, Lawn, etc, that's a looooong vowel sound.

I say One, Gone, Bon-bon (a candy), Upon, Monster --- that's a short vowel sound.

Yeah those don't all rhyme though. The length of the vowel sound doesn't matter that much to my ears.

bon-bon = mon = pawn = gone = upon

one = fun = ton = wun = won = gun

scone = bone = flown = moan = shown = prone

 

[NullPointer]

Madness

 

[daviyoung]

He won one tonne of scones
Was it one tonne?
Two million
One million

He did a ton of one-frame links. That is why he won. He was number one.

- https://soundcloud.com/izzy-theophilou/finalfinalk -

I can hear myself say them differently. But if it sounds the same to you guy, then it's not my intention and it's probably a side-effect of talking to people on Xbox LIVE. I have to fix that.

I hope that's the finalfinalk because ffs you are saying it all the same, even when you try to emphasise yourself out of it

go to bed, listen to yourself again tomorrow

 

[Izuna]

Yeah those don't all rhyme though. The length of the vowel sound doesn't matter that much to my ears.

bon-bon = mon = pawn = gone = upon

one = fun = ton = wun = won = gun

scone = bone = flown = moan = shown = prone

c-c-c-c-combo breaker

;p

I hope that's the finalfinalk because ffs you are saying it all the same, even when you try to emphasise yourself out of it

go to bed, listen to yourself again tomorrow

I'm so confused.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

c-c-c-c-combo breaker

;p

I'm so confused.

There's a subtle difference that I'm starting to hear. Around here it's when we saw "yawn" there's more of a "awwww" sound in the middle.

That sound isn't in "pawn" (pon) or "one" (won) when I say those words. But in your accents, it's more pronounced.

 

[Jimnymebob]

I pronounce it like gone.
The bone way is a bit too Mrs. Bucket for my liking.

 

[Pamplemousse]

Sconé.

 

[Izuna]

There's a subtle difference that I'm starting to hear.

Perhaps it's in the middle these days. My accent is on the verge of changing, perhaps.

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Around here it's when we saw "yawn" there's more of a "awwww" sound in the middle.

Yeah, Stephen Fry does a good impression of the differences. Ahsome, is what it sounds like to me when an American says it.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but are you from the UK or the US?

US but my company is based in the UK so I'm there quite frequently and deal with co-workers from there on a daily basis.

 

[Noaloha]

Yeah those don't all rhyme though. The length of the vowel sound doesn't matter that much to my ears.

bon-bon = mon = pawn = gone = upon

one = fun = ton = wun = won = gun

scone = bone = flown = moan = shown = prone

Let's see, um...

To my ears, 'gone' rhyming with 'pawn' is batshit.

'one' rhyming with " = fun = ton = wun = won = gun" =batshit

the 'scone' rhymes, all perfectly acceptable because 'scone' has always been a dual-pronunciation word, a region-determinator of sorts. No big deal.

My take: I have zero issues with how people say shit. But folk say shit differently in different places. It's fun to talk about, but it ain't so cool to regulate. And you US folk, I love you (for the most part under certain assumptions) but you all talk all funny anyway. You all have a drawl to my ears. Of sorts.

 

[Izuna]

I pronounce it like gone.
The bone way is a bit too Mrs. Bucket for my liking.

Scone
Scon
Scorn

Cone
con
corn

https://soundcloud.com/izzy-theophilou/ifyouclickthisdaviyoungisapoop

Let's see, um...

To my ears, 'gone' rhyming with 'pawn' is batshit.

'one' rhyming with " = fun = ton = wun = won = gun" =batshit

the 'scone' rhymes, all perfectly acceptable because 'scone' has always been a dual-pronunciation word, a region-determinator of sorts. No big deal.

My take: I have zero issues with how people say shit. But folk say shit differently in different places. It's fun to talk about, but it ain't so cool to regulate. And you US folk, I love you (for the most part under certain assumptions) but you all talk all funny anyway. You all have a drawl to my ears. Of sorts.

qft

 

[Noaloha]

US but my company is based in the UK so I'm there quite frequently and deal with co-workers from there on a daily basis.

I didn't mention that to call you out or something I assure you. I just have to assume that you interact with local, regional, dialectal groups.

I picked up my speech through 33 years of UK residency. I didn't go against the grain or anything. It's just what I heard around me and, for a reasonable part, on TV. For a fair few residents of the UK, one rhymes with gone.

 

[Izuna]

one rhymes with gone.

This is what's confusing to me. This is supposed to be true, and is how I intend to say it and hear myself say it.

I can't be saying one = tun, and one = gone at the same time.

I don't think I've ever heard one spoken another way. Or perhaps I've never noticed it.

 

[Noaloha]

This is what's confusing to me. This is supposed to be true, and is how I intend to say it and hear myself say it.

I can't be saying one = tun, and one = gone at the same time.

I don't think I've ever heard one spoken another way. Or perhaps I've never noticed it.

In my way of pushing sounds out of my mouth it's as simple as saying "This one won."

None of those words rhyme.

EDIT: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ZDIeWm3sQS

 

[Izuna]

In my way of pushing sounds out of my mouth it's as simple as saying "This one won."

None of those words rhyme.

Doesn't sound the same when I say it internally and when I listen back to myself, but apparently people hear me say it the same so meh

EDIT: https://soundcloud.com/izzy-theophilou/periodfarts

 

[Moosichu]

Scone rhymes with gone, otherwise, the following joke doesn't work:

Q: "What's the fastest cake in the world?"

A: "

Spoiler

Scone

!"

 

[Skellig Gra]

I didn't mention that to call you out or something I assure you. I just have to assume that you interact with local, regional, dialectal groups.

I picked up my speech through 33 years of UK residency. I didn't go against the grain or anything. It's just what I heard around me and, for a reasonable part, on TV. For a fair few residents of the UK, one rhymes with gone.

Fair enough, what tv were you watching that you think mirrors your dialect?

 

[Noaloha]

Doesn't sound the same when I say it internally and when I listen back to myself, but apparently people hear me say it the same so meh

EDIT: https://soundcloud.com/izzy-theophilou/periodfarts

Super distinguishable.

EDIT:

Fair enough, what tv were you watching that you think mirrors your dialect?

Fuck, I dunno. Certain bits of TV from 1985 to 1998 I guess. Shit like Cracker, Coronation Street, everyday stuff like Granada News.

 

[Izuna]

Super distinguishable.

Thank you. I don't feel crazy anymore.

 

[Salvadora]

I say skawn

NI here.

 

[Moosichu]

Fair enough, what tv were you watching that you think mirrors your dialect?

But "on" rhymes with "gone"? So does that mean "on" rhymes with "one" as well?

 

[Noaloha]

But "on" rhymes with "gone"? So does that mean "on" rhymes with "one" as well?

To me, sure.

edit: applying rules to this language is useful. But relying on rules for this language is, I truly feel, a fool's errand.

 

[Izuna]

But "on" rhymes with "gone"? So does that mean "on" rhymes with "one" as well?

Yeah. on = one = wonky

 

[Noaloha]

Yeah. on = won = one

Nooo, 'won' is (can be) a different 'o' vowel sound to the rest. 'On', 'One', can be like 'box', where 'won' is like any un- prefix to a word. ('won' as the past tense of 'win'.)

edit: the english language is a fucking nightmare

 

[VanquishUK]

Sk-own

 

[Skellig Gra]

Yeah. on = won = one

Lol you are mental but atleast you own it

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I say skawn

NI here.

Disgusting, Andrew

 

[Noaloha]

Sk-own

Jog (sk)on.

 

[Septimus Prime]

We enscōnced with your scawns.

 

[frankie_baby]

Its SCONE rhymes with one, gone, none

Anyone that says it the other way is first up against the wall when the revolution happens

 

[FunkyMunkey]

lick my scone in the bone zone

 

[Skellig Gra]

Its SCONE rhymes with one, gone, none

Anyone that says it the other way is first up against the wall when the revolution happens

Gone doesn't rhyme with one and none

 

[Breads]

Gross. Do people in the US say skon? I've never heard it that way.

I've never lived in a place in the US where people regularly purchase, let alone say the word 'scone'.

 

[Izuna]

Lol you are mental but atleast you own it

I own being correct

Gone doesn't rhyme with one and none

None doesn't rhyme with gone

I hope it doesn't for you

 

[Husker86]

Nope, Americans are just wrong again.

Unless you think it makes sense that Prawn and Pawn aren't said similar

Unless you say Prahn

Like, Kahn rhymes with Prawn for you guys

Umm, they do sound similar in American English.

Also, not sure how you can be on a high horse when you're inserting invisible "r"s in words!

 

[Skellig Gra]

I own being correct



None doesn't rhyme with gone

I hope it doesn't for you

Nah it doesn't. Nun and gawn would be how I pronounce them.

 

[Izuna]

Nooo, 'won' is (can be) a different 'o' vowel sound to the rest. 'On', 'One', can be like 'box', where 'won' is like any un- prefix to a word. ('won' as the past tense of 'win'.)

edit: the english language is a fucking nightmare

I wasn't writing won as in the word, but phonetically

My sincere apologies

 

[SirMossyBloke]

I own being correct



None doesn't rhyme with gone

I hope it doesn't for you

Of course none rhymes with gone. Of course that really depends on accents here.

As for the thread it definitely is scone, as in gone, or else the fastest biscuit in the world joke doesn't work, and that jokes been around since the 70s at least.

 

[Izuna]

Of course none rhymes with gone. Of course that really depends on accents here.

As for the thread it definitely is scone, as in gone, or else the fastest biscuit in the world joke doesn't work, and that jokes been around since the 70s at least.

First of all, it's scone as in cone. It's a posh thing to eat so at the very least the posh (correct) way to say it is more objectively correct than not.

None, (as in "none of them") rhymes with Nun, (as in "The nun prayed")

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edit: I think you're trying to say non

like non-secular

Nah it doesn't. Nun and gawn would be how I pronounce them.

I made a mistake in my prior post where you called me mental. "Won" != "one"

 

[SirMossyBloke]

First of all, it's scone as in cone. It's a posh thing to eat so at the very least the posh (correct) way to say it is more objectively correct than not.

None, (as in "none of them") rhymes with Nun, (as in "The nun prayed")

As I said, it depends on your accent. In northern England you certainly don't pronounce none as nun, unless youre a brummie, but that's more middle. In the states it gets different still. There's never one way to say one word. It depends where you're from obviously.

Plus, the joke doesn't work if you pronounce it scown. Which is why you shouldn't.

 

[Izuna]

As I said, it depends on your accent. In northern England you certainly don't pronounce none as nun, unless youre a brummie, but that's more middle. In the states it gets different still. There's never one way to say one word. It depends where you're from obviously.

Plus, the joke doesn't work if you pronounce it scown. Which is why you shouldn't.

Scown? Like Brown? -- (forget it)

https://twitter.com/shitjokes/status/716530332510654464
Len Finsbury knows what's up

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Scown? Like Brown? -- (forget it)

https://twitter.com/shitjokes/status/716530332510654464
Len Finsbury knows what's up

Exactly. S-gone. That's the whole point of the joke.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Exactly. S-gone. That's the whole point of the joke.

That's a terrible joke.

 

[Palmer_v1]

That's a terrible joke.

Orange you glad he didn't say banana!?

 

[Izuna]

Exactly. S-gone. That's the whole point of the joke.

pleb joke

Spoiler

anyway yeah, i have no problem with it being said differently and I understand the vast majority say it like that. the awn stuff was why I really started to post here

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since someone in this thread said high horse

 

[HStallion]

No matter how you pronounce it, eating a Skawn sounds nasty. Sounds like a spoiled prawn.

 

[Izuna]

No matter how you pronounce it, eating a Skawn sounds nasty. Sounds like a spoiled prawn.

sounds like hell fire

 

[Soodanim]

Bloody Northerners.