Is the word 'draws' now an acceptable way to describe 'drawers'

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I have read this on a number of threads now, people writing 'I put it in the draw' or I am looking for new 'draws' or the worst yet was a 'Chester draw'

How has this happened?

Is it not corrected in school? Or is it an evolved use of language? I can't get used to it. But I am old..

No, just no.

So annoying - see also "three story house". Unless it's going to read me some books, it's probably storey!

It's interesting really, it probably will become accepted in time due to majority rule.

I apologise if there was another thread about it previously, I didn't see it.

I have seen plenty about the use of 'should of' V 'should have' but had not noticed the draws thing till recently.

I say drawer and draw as 'drOR'

Reminds me of that old joke

Postman to old lady: Winter draws on, eh?
Old Lady: As a matter of fact I have, not that it is any business of yours...

(Boom Boom)

No, draws is not an acceptable way of writing drawers. It is may be ignorant, it may be lazy and it is definitely wrong, but it is not acceptable.

My current pet hate is
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Someone at my work keeps writing this and it's doing my head in that nobody else has even noticed!!!!! It's now creeping in everywhere!!!!

I HATE it!!!!

I also hate 'brought' instead of 'bought'. Makes me want to boke.

Both said the same here but I often see it written down wrongly.

Its not acceptable. I have found a huge discrepancy between the spellings of my 17 year old and 14 year old. English language lessons aint what they were ;)

No it bloody well is not.

(I have some very definite ideas on the degradation of written language in general lol!!)

No. Anybody who says or writes draws instead of drawers deserves to have the said drawers repeatedly slammed on their nipples or penis. That'll learn em.

The context of some spellings are more likely to be challenged in school. Lots of opportunities to correct there/ they're/ their type errors in general writing, but not so much for draws/ drawers.

In which accents would the ER be emphasised on drawers? I'd say it with a silent ending, and I don't think the locals around me would emphasise it either (different parts of the country)

No one around here would say drawER.

It is just people spelling it incorrectly.
What annoys me more than spelling mistakes though is the current fashion for pedantry. I'm sure some people are genuinely inordinately bothered by spelling errors but the world and his wife are suddenly sharing on social media how they, apparently, can't stand spelling/grammatical errors (when they are usually the very people who make them). It just seems like bigging yourself up at the expense of others to me.
And lovely that someone has shared a photo of someone's beloved dead pet to comment on the use of 'of' instead of 'have'

I actually thought it was a draw, I'll go back and hide in my dyslexic cupboard now.

(Actually dyslexic)

Yes posting that photo to take the piss is a shitty thing to do.

I wouldn't be proud to call myself a pedant either. It's not really anything to be proud of if you look up the definition.

Wrong. Just wrong.

ShakeofFara Off topic, but I love your username! I hope it was inspired by the time I posted the Che Guevara 'Shake of Fara' costume for sale on the Christmas Tat thread!

Trout it sure was .

Shake Here's me, feeling like a celebrity now

I pronounce the 'er' of drawer but obviously not when saying draw. I'm Scottish if that makes a difference.

I'm chuffed that now I know who it was who enlightened me regarding the Shake .

I'm Irish. We tend to pronounce R's in words where they occur.
But not in 'bought'. I don't agree with R's running around in words where they don't belong.

Haha it was a beautiful moment Shake