Drawers vs. Draws

[jd83]

I pronounce it "Droar", like roar with a "d" on the front. That's the northern US pronunciation.

 

[Scout]

I pronounce it "Droar", like roar with a "d" on the front. That's the northern US pronunciation.

I pronounce it the exact same way, and I'm in Georgia.

I hate when people use 'I' when it should be 'me'. That happens all the time.

 

[Larkspur]

Board winds me up too. A girl I know posted "am board" constantly on Facebook. We were pretty good friends from school but I had to delete her as it annoyed me so much!!

I'm an editor by trade, so I won't list the hundreds of grammatical and spelling errors that I regularly spot, but if I deleted people because of them, I would have hardly any friends left!

(That said, I would probably have deleted that person too, because even spelt correctly, "Am bored" is a really dull thing to post regularly!)

Actually, funnily enough, spelling and grammar errors only annoy me if they're in a document I'm working on. In forums, social media etc, they don't bother me. I guess I have just had to develop a Zen attitude because otherwise I'd be wound up all the time. What does annoy me is people who act like the grammar police as a form of point-scoring. It's so petty!

 

[loeylo]

Oh yeah it annoys me when people point it out to the person - why bother? There's no point in belittling someone about it, but it secretly does frustrate me, haha.

And yes - it wasn't just the spelling which bothered me, it was the constant barrage of idiotic attention seeking drivel which she spouted.

Wow, I am getting so worked up over nothing, I really need to give birth sometime soon!

 

[hayz_baby]

I've spent the whole time reading this thread thinking about how I pronounce drawer. If it wasn't for me in bed with oh and ds3 sleeping I would be saying it out loud (aloud and allowed bothers me)
I'm questioning my whole life lol!

 

[maryp0ppins]

I pronounce it "Droar", like roar with a "d" on the front. That's the northern US pronunciation.

Same for me, I grew up in SE Canada

 

[CRWx]

Draw, drawer and droar are all the exact same pronunciation to me? They're said the same just spelt differently?

 

[Lauraxamy]

Draw, drawer and droar are all the exact same pronunciation to me? They're said the same just spelt differently?

Same

 

[jd83]

Draw, drawer and droar are all the exact same pronunciation to me? They're said the same just spelt differently?

Definitely different in different parts of the US. Brooklyn NY accent is a good example. They pronounce it "draw", like draw a picture; no "r" sound at all. Some areas on the west coast pronounce it just like it looks: draw-er. Which actually seems pretty strange to me, but they may think how we say it is equally weird, so what can you do. LOL.

 

[AP]

One that I hate - and I think it is very much a Scottish thing - is people saying how instead of why. I'm a teacher and say I ask a pupil to put their gum in the bin - they often respond "how?" - meaning why. They get annoyed when I tell them "by standing up, walking towards the bin and placing the gum inside it" haha.

i nver thought about this til now!

 

[calm]

They both share the same phonetic transcription, but different spelling, a homophone. In RP English they are both with a long o, which is typically transcribed as /o:/ or /ɔː/, it rhymes with door. Phonetics do indeed change depending on the region but I have to say Gimson's Pronunciation of English says there is little variation, being some in General American, Scottish English and in Cockney.

But what I really wanted to say was KNICKERS !

 

[loeylo]

I don't get how people can read "drawer" and "draw" the same - it makes no sense whatsoever - there are no other words with a silent "er" at the end!

I say "draw" to rhyme with "paw" and "drawer" to sound like someone who draws - literally the same way I would say "draw" but with "er" added on. Aaaargh!

With regard to the "how?" and "why?" thing, it is so embedded in Scottish dialect that lots of people don't even know it is incorrect! Even things like Chewin' the Fat/Still Game (can't remember which - hate both!) have phrases like "gonnae no dae that" "how no?" And although it is obviously supposed to be playing on the Glaswegian dialect, it still winds me up!

There was an exam question removed from pupils grades a few years back because it asked something like "how does character x show character y ..." And everyone misread the question as why, it was deemed unfair so they excluded it from marking! Haha!

 

[calm]

Really weird, always thought all 3 as homophones, but I do have strange quirks to my English, for me all three are orrrrrr

 

[JessyG]

Haha! I used to work with a guy who got so very upset when someone would answer a question with HOW (I am in Scotland too!).

I used to do it purely to annoy him.

Oh he also hated unnecessary pluralisation, which is understand, so anyone who went to 'tescos' would be removed from the conversations haha.

The things we get annoyed at eh! I used to teach and the amount of kids who would shout 'I done it'...ugh it drove me insane.

 

[JessyG]

But to answer your original question I would say Draw-er and definitely write it Drawer.

 

[Yo_Yo]

You are right! It's a common mistake, like people who say they brought something from the shop instead of bought!
Shouldn't annoy me but it does

 

[LoraLoo]

I don't get how people can read "drawer" and "draw" the same - it makes no sense whatsoever - there are no other words with a silent "er" at the end!

I say "draw" to rhyme with "paw" and "drawer" to sound like someone who draws - literally the same way I would say "draw" but with "er" added on. Aaaargh!

With regard to the "how?" and "why?" thing, it is so embedded in Scottish dialect that lots of people don't even know it is incorrect! Even things like Chewin' the Fat/Still Game (can't remember which - hate both!) have phrases like "gonnae no dae that" "how no?" And although it is obviously supposed to be playing on the Glaswegian dialect, it still winds me up!

There was an exam question removed from pupils grades a few years back because it asked something like "how does character x show character y ..." And everyone misread the question as why, it was deemed unfair so they excluded it from marking! Haha!

Sounds like it's perfectly fine to pronounce it draw
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/drawer

 

[LoraLoo]

Note the words such as oar, bore etc.

 

[LoraLoo]

And this one! Draw/drawer. Said the same 😅

 

[Quartz]

Calm you are right its a homophone the er is silent. Pronounced draw-er is someone who draws.

The american and english pronunciations are the same.

Its very confusing though!