Edinburgh-er here - skon for the cake thing, skoon for the town. Skown never.

Normally when you say 'skoon' you're referring to the 'stone of scone', our big lump of magical red sandstone, which is obviously completely unlike any other bit of rock you might find on your travels. Used to be what the kings/queens of Scotland were crowned upon until the English stole it for theirs to sit on; if you say it that way, we'll have to assume you're interested in a debate about the role and future of the monarchy and will engage you.

Rhymes with "gone"

Scone rhymes with stone

Scone. Anyone who says scone is wrong.

I'll bite.

It's a "skone". Clue is in the fact it's spelt "scone", ie just substitute the K for a C. It it was a skon it would be called a scon.

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Grew up in Yorkshire where we will shorten anything but an "o" sound, which instead becomes very long. So scone rhymes "stone", with extra "o".

Slap bang in the blue area: https://brilliantmaps.com/scone-map/

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 😂.