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I need your help to settle this perpetual disagreement in my home. I'm team 'skon' whereas my husband is team 'skone.'

Some context, we are not native to the UK so I will humbly accept consensus.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a commoner, so it's Scon for me! As humans we tend to cut out words and letters due to laziness, or to put it positively, to save time ๐Ÿ˜‚.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Scon to rhyme with gone is how posh people say it - the Queen said it that way herself!