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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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If it was suppose to be a skone it would be called a skone.
The town in Scotland is pronounced "Skoon".
Skone, like phone and bone.
Skon, like shone and gone.
Those don't rhyme
This is the correct answer.
Which is precisely why 'shone' and 'shown' are said the same way, of course.