Drawers vs. Draws

[LoraLoo]

trying to say all these words with different accents is making dh stare at me oddly.

It's madness! I waited until OH was out of the room

Omg hubby is sat here saying 'it's drAws, but if you drop your draws, it's drawers.' Wtf? 😂😂

 

[hayz_baby]

I really need to stop clicking on this thread in bed with both oh and ds3 sleeping.
Prayer pair and hair are all the same to me?

To the pp who said about unnecessary pluralisation. I used to work with s girl from Preston who said she never understood why we plurise our supermarkets. I think it's more a south thing I always say asdas or aldis, defo aldis.

 

[shellideaks]

I really need to stop clicking on this thread in bed with both oh and ds3 sleeping.
Prayer pair and hair are all the same to me?

To the pp who said about unnecessary pluralisation. I used to work with s girl from Preston who said she never understood why we plurise our supermarkets. I think it's more a south thing I always say asdas or aldis, defo aldis.

Where I am, people say 'The Asda' and that really annoys me.

 

[vaniilla]

I've never heard of supermarkets being plural unless it's a possessive noun but I've definitely heard people say 'the' x shop too, it doesn't make sense! it's not THE only shop is it?

 

[Tasha]

What did I just read before 7am?

 

[Lauraxamy]

I've never heard of supermarkets being plural! Never heard anybody say 'The' in front of a supermarket either

 

[Feff]

OMG someone please help me with 'poark'?! my welsh valleys accent so isn't helping me with this thread!

 

[jd83]

Oh I have one for you!

Do you say fork and pork the same. I don't I would say poark but would simple say fork?!

I can't even guess what that would sound like...Poark???

 

[mumandco]

I say pork like poke ��

 

[Eve]

Fork and Pork sound the same to me!

 

[Lauraxamy]

Yep fork and pork are the same for me too!

 

[suzib76]

I totally understand regional accents and the difference in pronounciation of many words. But drawers are drawers. How on earth can anyone think they are draws

 

[LoraLoo]

I totally understand regional accents and the difference in pronounciation of many words. But drawers are drawers. How on earth can anyone think they are draws

Have a look at previous posts- it's pronounced draws according to the Oxford dictionary. It's regional dialects wrongly pronouncing it drawers

 

[suzib76]

I totally understand regional accents and the difference in pronounciation of many words. But drawers are drawers. How on earth can anyone think they are draws

Have a look at previous posts- it's pronounced draws according to the Oxford dictionary. It's regional dialects wrongly pronouncing it drawers

Yes that what I was saying. I understand accents but the word itself is drawer not draw.

 

[Quartz]

Its written as drawers to but said as draws. A lot of words in the english dictionary have silent letters or dont sound like they are written

 

[suzib76]

Its written as drawers to but said as draws. A lot of words in the english dictionary have silent letters or dont sound like they are written

Yes I understand that. Maybe crossed wires here because I said when I first posted that I understand accents vary.

my point was that I can't believe people don't know a drawer is a drawer.

I was answering the OP so maybe that's where the confusion has come in as I didn't follow all the pages.

 

[Quartz]

that makes sense. I dont either. But then sometimes spelling does surprise me!