  a scone is a single-serving cake or quick bread. they are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent, and are baked on sheet pans. they are often lightly sweetened and are occasionally glazed. the scone is a basic component of the cream tea or devonshire tea. it differs from a teacake and other sweet buns, which are made with yeast. a scone is in some senses a type of pastry since it is made with essentially the same ingredients as shortcrust, though with different proportions of fat to flour. == lexicology == thumb|a fresh batch of homemade buttermilk scones the pronunciation of the word within the united kingdom varies. according to one academic study, two-thirds of the british population pronounce it  with the preference rising to 99% in the scottish population. this is also the pronunciation of australians, canadians and new zealanders. others, particularly inhabitants of the united states and ireland, pronounce the word as . the pronunciation  is also used, particularly in ireland. british dictionaries usually show the "con" form as the preferred pronunciation, while recognising that the "cone" form also exists.wells, j. c. "pronunciation preferences in british english: a new survey". university college london, 1998 the oxford dictionaries explain that there are also regional and class differences in england connected with the different pronunciations: there are two possible pronunciations of the word scone: the first rhymes with gone and the second rhymes with tone. in us english the pronunciation rhyming with tone is more common. in british english the two pronunciations traditionally have different regional and class associations, with the first pronunciation associated with the north of england and the northern working class, while the second is associated with the south and the middle class. the difference in pronunciation is alluded to in the poem which contains the lines: i asked the maid in dulcet tone to order me a buttered scone; the silly girl has been and gone and ordered me a buttered scone. the oxford english dictionary reports that the first mention of the word was in 1513. origin of the word scone
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