Drawers vs. Draws

[shellideaks]

I'd pronounce it 'draw' (rhyming with door) and spell it 'drawer' but when I read it, the voice in my head says draw-er

 

[BabyMamma93]

I'd pronounce it 'draw' (rhyming with door) and spell it 'drawer' but when I read it, the voice in my head says draw-er

THIS!! there are alot of words i say 'normal' yet when i read them i say them using all the letters

i dont think its as much how we pronounce it, i think its also to do with how our accents make us say it maybe?

i agree with the pp (sorry i didnt memorise your name) who said it doesnt annoy them seeing bad smelling and grammar on things like social media, forums etc. im really bad for it i never use the ' in word like dont, but yet if im writing a letter for work i always use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation.

 

[loeylo]

I can't even make it rhyme with any of those words - heck, half those words don't even rhyme with each other when I say them! Aaaargh lol!

One I really can't say is Karl. How the heck it is a different name from Carol I don't understand

 

[LoraLoo]

I can't even make it rhyme with any of those words - heck, half those words don't even rhyme with each other when I say them! Aaaargh lol!

One I really can't say is Karl. How the heck it is a different name from Carol I don't understand

Haha too funny! I guess accents play a big part. Karl and carol to me are totally different.

 

[CRWx]

Karl and Carol are completely different to me too, Karl rhymes with snarl and Carol rhymes with barrel to me.

 

[loeylo]

I think mines is all down to my West of Scotland/Glaswegian accent ... I hate how scummy I sound when I'm around people who aren't local!

Some slang also really gets to me - my oh once called "windows" "windaes" (pronounced like "windy" as in windy day with an s ...) aaaargh! And he called "snow" "snaw" to rhyme with thaw ... We had words.

And as for pp who says draw rhymes with door - I don't get how that's possible lol. I have tried but my mouth can't even form the word if that makes sense?

... At least I can say loch properly though seems to be the only word I can probounce correctly!

 

[Lauraxamy]

I can't even make it rhyme with any of those words - heck, half those words don't even rhyme with each other when I say them! Aaaargh lol!

One I really can't say is Karl. How the heck it is a different name from Carol I don't understand

Haha too funny! I guess accents play a big part. Karl and carol to me are totally different.

Karl and Carol are completely different to me too, Karl rhymes with snarl and Carol rhymes with barrel to me.

Yeah same for me too!


I know one thing though.. this thread is confusing me..

 

[loeylo]

I know they technically are different names. I know they should sound different. They sound different in my brain when I hear others say them. But when I form the words they both come out rhyming with barrel. It's because I roll my r's too much and overemphasise it. Even when I say "car" it comes out as "carrrrrr" lol. That's just a Scottish thing though!

 

[Kate&Lucas]

I can't even make it rhyme with any of those words - heck, half those words don't even rhyme with each other when I say them! Aaaargh lol!

One I really can't say is Karl. How the heck it is a different name from Carol I don't understand

This reminded me of The Walking Dead

Also I'm gonna need you to record yourself or something because I can't work out how you're saying drawer.
Like, if I say drawer as in storage it's "draw", and if I put the "er" on the end it'd be "draw-er" (though it sounds very odd when I say it). However if I'm saying drawer as in as person who draws, then I say it "draw-rer". I'm very confused because I thought everyone did this

How do you say prayer?

 

[LoraLoo]

Door and draw totally rhyme to me 😂

What a funny thread ☺️

 

[loeylo]

I say it like "pray-er" - don't tell me it is meant to be just pray now? lol

 

[LoraLoo]

I'm completely lost now, what rhymes with prayer ?! 😳

Prayer to me rhymes with pear 🙊

 

[Kate&Lucas]

Prayer and pear rhyme here too!

 

[LoraLoo]

How have we gone from roar to pear?! 😂 pahaha.

 

[BabyMamma93]

with prayer again, i spell it prayer, i read it saying the ER but if i was to say 'lets say a prayer' i say it as prere (weirdly- kind of like prayer but i dont pronounce the Y) its harder to explain when typing it rather than saying it

 

[CRWx]

Prayer also rhymes with pear for me!

 

[CRWx]

Accents and dialects are funny things

 

[vaniilla]

Prayer and mayor rhyme for me.

 

[JessyG]

The Carol/Karl thing is most definitely Scottish/west coast. Just like a lot of Scottish people will say defin-ATLY (real emphasis on the end) rather than just definitely

Draw and door don't rhyme in my head, prayer and pear do though!

 

[loeylo]

Prayer sounds more like hair to me!