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Escribano -> RE: bulerias the "new rumba"? (Sep. 12 2010 20:32:21)
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Not in "The Archers" it isn't!
I hate the ****ing Archers, all that huffing and puffing when the phone rings or when lifting a spoon or something equally mundane.
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The pronunciation of the word [scone] across the United Kingdom varies. According to one academic study, two-thirds of the British population pronounce it /ˈskɒn/, rhyming with "con" and "John", with the preference rising to 99% in the Scottish population. The rest pronounce it /ˈskoʊn/, rhyming with "cone" and "Joan". British dictionaries usually show the "con" form as the preferred pronunciation, while recognizing that the "cone" form also exists.[1]
The word scone derives perhaps from the Middle Dutch schoonbrood (fine white bread), from schoon (pure, clean) and brood (bread).[2] The Oxford English Dictionary reports that the first mention of the word was in 1513. -- Wikipedia
p.s. on the West Coast one gets quarter of a melon on the side with the link sausages, canadian bacon, two eggs sunny side up and half a stack with whipped cream [:D] Best breakfast in the world.
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