to say it's a drawer

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

Ah right, so you're pronouncing it 'dror' not actually 'draw-er'... So why the smugness about getting it 'right'? It's not spelt 'dror', is it?

I get ya OP.

It's pronounced totally differently where I am (NI). I pronounce drawer as "Dror" so definitely notice the r. Draw is pronounced as it's written.

Ooh a minority pronunciation. How very dare we!

Posters are simply pointing out that because of the way that many (non minorities 😉) pronounce it, some people do actually believe that it's called a draw when in fact it's a drawer.

Found this.

Corbyn : but I'm not Scortish. I don't understand. It would never be pronounced that way here.

Tbf Donny I think we were misled. No one's saying 'draw-er' - they're saying 'dror'.

But it doesn't come up that much on tv. I remember it took me until I was about 14 to hear a Scottish person say 'iron' - it was a surprise.

Do those who can’t imagine it being said differently from how you say it not have TVs or radios?

There are some really interesting things I have noticed raising a child with a different accent to me. One is that we 'translate' mentally and don't notice we do it until an anomaly comes along.

DD mentally flips what I say into North American without noticing. Until I pointed out a hawk. "Hawrk" she said. "No, hawk". "Hawrk". Because "fohk" as I say it becomes "fork" to her. I never noticed not pronouncing the "r" in words until that.

Jeez Golden
First we're minorities and now we're all smug!
Who ripped your knitting?
Good old Scottish response for you there.

@donnyandvladsittinginatree well yes, I've heard other accents - but not taken particular notice of that particular word. If I hear somebody say drawer in another way to me from now on, I'm sure I will be more observant.

But do you really know how every word in the English language is pronounced by every regional accent?!

Well maybe not where you're from but I'm sure there are words you pronounce differently due to your regional accent. Haven't a regional accent isn't pronouncing them wrong! Who decides which accent pronounces everything correctly in your opinion?

That is very cute MrsTP a hawrk!

And really strange that the pronunciation of an English word that the majority of English people use is the wrong one in your opinion!

It was adorable.

But do you really know how every word in the English language is pronounced by every regional accent?!

I’m honestly not sure. But I certainly wouldn’t process to be baffled that there is a pronunciation I’ve never heard of before as if it was offensive to me that it exists without my permission

All Scottish people don't pronounce things the same way though Golden

I do pronounce it draw-er and not dror. Depends on the individual. None of us however pronounce it draw because that's what you do with a pencil!

Don't get us started on men called Carl....

I was told once that this is one of the reasons why so many 2nd level students come to Ireland from Europe to work on their English pronunciation.

I can understand though that the vernacular pronunciation of ‘draw’ and ‘drawer’ might sound exactly the same to the ear in different parts of the UK

I realise it's frowned upon tp defend the bog standard British English pronunciation... and I wouldn't have dreamt of pointing out that the Scottish pronunciation is a minority and that the Americans are wrong about most words but for the rather tiresome premise of the very first post... that others are wrong if they don't make a big song and dance about the 'r' at the end of 'drawer'. We're not wrong - we're just run-of-the-mill English. Sorry.

Don't get us started on men called Carl.

Do you have any advice for Spaniards on the correct pronunciation of Spanish words op? Presumably they're not pronouncing them the same as you and therefore wrong as well.

Or Craig

It sounds the same to me?
What difference does that make to the way it's spelt??

English is a bastard language to teach to read as a second language. It was only when teaching my son I realised how fucked up some of the rules are. I spent a lot of time saying “I know, English is weird sometimes”

I saw something the other day saying the Scottish are actually among the few people pronouncing Carl correctly. Most people are saying it wrong with Cahhl

I have a battle at home with pronunciation in that exh says wodder and vie-tamins & I say wohter and vitamins