to say it's a drawer

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a drawer, a drawer, a drawer, a drawer.
Not a fucking draw.

I'm afraid this has been done to death.

For many of us, drawer and draw have almost identical pronunciation. Is it a big problem?

Loads of people can't hear the difference.

I only notice if it's written down.

Sounds exactly the same to me ?

I never knew you that there were two spellings until I quickly got told in my job typing building surveys that kitchen drawers is not spelt draws.

As for how it sounds clearly I hear them the same.

It's definitely a drawer!

Sounds like draw to me. Spelled drawer though.

Is it a north/south difference?

Spelling or pronunciation? I say them in the same way, but spell both correctly.

I live in the Midlands and basically no one pronounces those two words differently here. Also the case when I lived in the Home Counties and in Bristol. Where exactly do all the people who say draw-ers live??

Actually, I don't really get how you pronounce them differently.

I live in the south east and never heard any one pronounce them differently. It's always draws.

You may pronounce it as “draw” but do you spell it “draw” when writing? I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen “draw” this week on FB alone.

I think we've established that it's spelt 'drawer' otherwise this thread wouldn't really exist...

I know how it’s supposed to be spelt. I’m asking if those who pronounce it “draw” also spell it as draw when writing?

Sounds like draw to me. Spelled drawer though.

Exactly. They are homophones.

Where exactly do all the people who say draw-ers live??

Exactly? Well all over the world actually. Not one exact place at all as if we are some weird speaking indigenous tribe.

I do say draw-er.

But I'm from the Wiltshire/Somerset border and we do like our 'R's.

Doesn't bother me what anyone else says. Not even 'chester draws'. I'm very laid back.

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen “draw” this week on FB alone.

Are you on many carpentry blogs? Furniture forums? IKEA hack websites? Because I don't think I've seen 'draw' or 'drawer' at all this week.

Exactly. They are homophones.

Not to everyone they're not. They're pronounced distinctly differently here.

Pronounced differently here (Scotland) but I don’t care how you all say it, just please stop spelling it “draw”!!!
(Of course if you pronounced it properly then you would spell it properly, no problem).

Draw is what artists do
drawer is where you store things.

Different spellings, pronounced differently. Scottish

Where exactly do all these people who say draw-ers live??

Scotland, for a start. What a condescending question

But Donny even if someone habitually makes that spelling mistake, they're hardly going to make a point of flagging it up for everyone here on this thread, where they will have seen from post number one that they are wrong

Where exactly do all the people who say draw-ers live??

Scotland. But it is more like DROR that Draw-er.

It's drawer. Pronounced draw-er.

Good evening from Glasgow Golden Bowl where absolutely everyone pronounces it draw-er.

Have seen a listing for a 'Chester draw' on gumtree before.

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I don't care if they sound the same in your accent. If you write 'draw' for 'drawer' then I will judge you (and your parents/teachers).