Do you pronounce 'scone' to rhyme with 'cone' or 'gone'? It depends where you're from

As linguists celebrate English Language Day and Shakespeare's birthday, what does the ever-changing way we speak reveal about us?

It is a division as entrenched and as bitter as the split between Brexit backers and EU Remainers - though in this case, the issue is truly personal. Do you pronounce the word "scone" to rhyme with "cone", or to rhyme with "gone"?

To those in the latter group, it is a posh affectation to use a long vowel for this staple item of afternoon tea. By contrast, those in the former group believe they are merely following a logical extension of the pronunciation of the word cone by adding an s as a prefix.