You deserve the (rhyming with "me") ice cream cone for reading nice stuff. Here are the facts: the normal pronunciation of the term has something to do with what comes after it. If the word after it starts with a consonant sound, it is pronounced h@—that is, with the same vowel sound as the word of—and is unstressed: ice cream cone. If the word begins with a vowel, it is usually pronounced like the first part of the word: eye cream or honey. Sometimes it is even spelled ee-cream. However, this is not always the case; sometimes words are spelt with letters that cause different sounds to be made when they are spoken. For example, the letter c makes a soft ch sound if it appears at the start of a word, but it can also make a hard k sound if it appears at the end of a word. Other examples include scone, where the s makes a zzz sound and biscuit, where the b makes a bloop sound. Words that contain an f sound often become fun when spoken quickly, like fan, fun, and frog. And words that contain an s sound tend to be sung, like kiss and church. However, there are also many exceptions to this rule. It is best not to worry about how words are said because most people use the same phonics every time they talk. The fact is that the normal way to say ice cream cone is with an l in between each syllable.