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..

Being able to spell "drawer" is not a strength. As you said your 7yo can do it.

No it isn't accepted or acceptable but some people don't care.

I've never heard draw & drawer pronounced differently from each other. I know it's chest of drawers but would say it the same as draw.

Nope not in my world! I had to correct my child's teacher at primary as she had laminated signs with a misspelled world all around her room. Really irked me!

I second what tabbymog said. I get that language evolves but when it's wrong, it's wrong.

My job is to communicate certain things to clients of various nationalities. To do that effectively, my writing has to be correct, succinct, not contain bastardisations of the English language and be easy to read. This is more difficult than it might seem.

If someone came into the job and was writing all kinds of rubbish 'because it doesn't matter and languages, like, changes' I'd have to correct them pretty quickly. And this is not because I'm being a tedious pedant, but because they way they communicate in writing is vital.

And of course I made an error in that.

And to add to that, business writing can sometimes be the absolute worst for superfluous abbreviations, technical jargon and total wordy bollocks.

My 7 yr old is a very good speller! Do people genuinely think that people are making spelling mistakes on purpose? Or does it jut make you feel better for mocking them if you view them as lazy?

No.

The use of draw instead of drawer drives me insane! I hate it, it gives me the instant rage! They are completely different words!!

The drawer/draw error gets on my nerves too.

But it is interesting to see language evolving and changing. When did the noun "medal" become a verb, for instance, or when did the verb "invite" become a noun and in doing so change its pronunciation to stress the first syllable and not the second?

No.

It's wrong.

Have you noticed that "devine" seems to be the new spelling of "divine"?

No. Not acceptable.

NO!

I write them differently but I pronounce them the same. I am intrigued by those who say they are pronounced differently - what do you say??

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

The "draw" for "drawer" issue is only a problem for non-rhotic speakers who are spelling it the way they pronounce it. For all of us rhotic speakers (most Scottish, Irish, American) it's not an issue because we pronounce the "r."

i pronounce the ER. I'm Scottish. I find it strange when DH doesn't pronounce it. He's English.He also adds the letter 'R' into words that shouldn't have them which annoys me