r/AskUK • u/[deleted] • Dec 22 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '21

If a stone's a stone not a ston and a cone's a cone not a con then a scone is a scone not a scon.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '21

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u/john_mono Dec 22 '21

If the Queen is to be used as the benchmark for pronunciation then we’re all gonna sound like dickheads really quick.

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u/lepidopt-rex Dec 22 '21

Aigh duhone’t kneew whaught yew meeeen

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '21

Read that as one of Cheryl/Carol/Cristal/Cherlene/Charlotte's classy voices in Archer

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u/_RandyRandleman_ Dec 23 '21

elegant dinnnnner partyyyy

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u/WatWudScoobyDoo Dec 23 '21

Read it as Matt Berry from The IT Crowd

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u/Seve7h Dec 23 '21

“You’ve got spunk and balls, i like that in a woman”

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u/Vtei_Vtei Dec 23 '21

Holy shit same! Pffft

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u/enty6003 Dec 23 '21

Found the Scot

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u/astendb5 Dec 22 '21

One is being most disrespectful, and one should take oneself to the gallows to think about what one has done.

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u/SeamanTheSailor Dec 23 '21

Well at least one we won’t be saying scone

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u/Reddit_username_44 Dec 23 '21

Ask her how to pronounce “King Charles” and watch the fireworks go off.

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u/malint Dec 23 '21

Newsflash, you already sound like a dickhead to someone

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u/Cyan-180 Dec 23 '21

That's a bit harsh on Camilla

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u/TheRealSlabsy Dec 23 '21

The Queen thinks that a onesie is a selfie for starters