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Originally Posted by TGS
I was brought up to think that [scone] was posher than [scon] - mostly because, being from up north, long vowels are generally posher than short vowels. However, when I got a bit posher myself I realised how wrong I'd been, [scon] is much posher. It's a bit like lavatory and toilet.
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Hmm...I'm from up north as well and I was always brought up to think that
scon was posher than
scone. Bizarrely, friends of mine who were brought up further south think the exact opposite and take the mick out of my 'posh' accent when I say
scone.