Scone -rhymes with gone. Simples- I was born in a scone/gone area. Scone/cone sounds so home counties! Backend-my parents always referred to Autumn as backend. ie 'Last backend we had a great crop of blackberries.' It always conjurs up warm September days spilling over into October. Maybe it should have a capital letter as a proper noun-Backend. Keep up the good work!!
Ah you see, home counties??? Southend? Stoke? Sheffield? My theory is the late Queen said it the non-Sheffield way because she spent so much time in Scotland. And who's more home counties than her? Can anyone picture Richard Hawley asking for a s(con)??
Thanks Susan, if you get chance to take a walk with Ian or any of his colleagues at Graves Park, or any of the various woodland walks run by the city's Friends groups, it will pass on lots more than I've covered here. I'll be coming back to this kind of thing, of course, though!
Interesting article about my local woods!
Scone -rhymes with gone. Simples- I was born in a scone/gone area. Scone/cone sounds so home counties! Backend-my parents always referred to Autumn as backend. ie 'Last backend we had a great crop of blackberries.' It always conjurs up warm September days spilling over into October. Maybe it should have a capital letter as a proper noun-Backend. Keep up the good work!!
Ah you see, home counties??? Southend? Stoke? Sheffield? My theory is the late Queen said it the non-Sheffield way because she spent so much time in Scotland. And who's more home counties than her? Can anyone picture Richard Hawley asking for a s(con)??
Always an uplifting read on a Sunday morning and welcome antidote to the mainstream news.
Many thanks Bridget!
Thanks for the warning about the pronunciation of scone 😬. As someone who grew up on the Wirral, I now need to mumble the word, or maybe just point 🙄
Pointing would work. Mumbling could be a problem - you might end up with an Eccles cake.
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I love all the interesting detail you provide David! It makes a walk through woodland go much more slowly of course…
Thanks Susan, if you get chance to take a walk with Ian or any of his colleagues at Graves Park, or any of the various woodland walks run by the city's Friends groups, it will pass on lots more than I've covered here. I'll be coming back to this kind of thing, of course, though!