# Anyone here familiar with clotted cream?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 4, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-familiar-with-clotted-cream/390783 "2007-02-04T15:30:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-familiar-with-clotted-cream/390783/41 "2007-02-06T16:09:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Malacandra]  
Except in the south, where they will look at you oddly and wonder if you mean “scone” to rhyme with “tone”.  
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Oddly, no - users of the southern pronunciation seem to slightly more understanding of the northern version.

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**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-familiar-with-clotted-cream/390783/42 "2007-02-06T16:35:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
Yes, enough frivolity. The northern pronunciation that rhymes with ‘on’ is the most likely to be universally understood.  
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Also without this pronunciation, the ‘What is the world’s fastest cake?’ joke doesn’t work.

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