I pronounce it /shQn/ ''shon''.
How do you pronounce ''shone''?
Quote-''I pronounce it /shQn/ ''shon''.''
Whoops! That should be /SQn/.
Whoops! That should be /SQn/.
/SoUn/. Same way as ''shown''.
The stars that shone were shown.
/D@ stArz D{t SoUn w3` SoUn/
The stars that shone were shown.
/D@ stArz D{t SoUn w3` SoUn/
Not that I would ever actually USE the word "shone" in normal conversation ... I don't even know if I ever have.
<<Not that I would ever actually USE the word "shone" in normal conversation ... I don't even know if I ever have.>>
Yeah, neither do I usually use ''shone'' in normal conversation.
Yeah, neither do I usually use ''shone'' in normal conversation.
In an normal conversation, it would be common to hear something like "They shone a light on the intruder".
I wouldn't find the use of "shone" at all unusual in normal conversation.
I think " shone" is the sae meaning " shine" But it is not used popular
I think " shone" is the same meaning " shine" But it is not used popular
"Shone" is the past tense of "shine". But I think I more commonly hear "shined", and I think of "shone" as more archaic.
(No! Don't you all throw things at me at once! I know it's perfectly current in other countries -- so just throw 'em one at a time, please.)
(No! Don't you all throw things at me at once! I know it's perfectly current in other countries -- so just throw 'em one at a time, please.)
I myself pronounce "shone" as /Son/ -> [SO~:n], and yes, I agree that in at least everyday spoken North American English it is probably tending towards being moderately archaic overall today.