Chest of Draws?

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I constantly see ads in papers and on the internet with 'draws' instead of 'drawers'. I've not counted, but I would say at least 1/3-1/2 of instances have the 'draws' spelling.

Never saw this when I lived in the U.S., now wondering if it is an accepted spelling in the UK? If it is, I can stop being annoyed by it and adjust the same way I have with all the other spelling differences.

Nope, should be chest of drawers. I've noticed the draws thing too. Wrong wrong wrong.

Draws seems to have become a lot more prevalent these days. Wait until you see the famous 'chester draws'.

It's a chest and it has drawers in it.

Draws is completely wrong but presumably spelled that way by people who've never seen it written down before by someone who can spell and don't pronounce their "r"s.

How should it be pronounced?

I'm sure the way people pronounce it is fine - it's just that most English accents don't really pronounce the "r" sound (to Scottish ears at least) so it's easier to hear draw/drawer as the same word.

Lots of Scottish people don't really pronounce the r at the ends of words any more either so it's probably a common mistake up here too.

I'm Scottish and it annoys me to see the word 'draws' instead of 'drawers

Are people really that dim? How something is said is not indicative of how it is spelled.

So should drawers be pronounced drawrs with emphasis on the r?

My mum says drawers with emphasis on the er!

I always thought she was wrong but I'm
worried now that I have been mispronouncing it all my life!

It's pronounced differently depending on your accent.

I probably say something that sounds approximately like drohurrs - which is no doubt like fingernails down a blackboard for some people

Ok I don't really have an accent and I say it to rhyme with roars.

My mum has a west country accent and she says it to rhyme with jodphurs.

See, I'd pronounce the word roars as roa-uhrrs so that doesn't really help me know how you pronounce it . Everyone's got an accent (but I know what you mean).

Well, because I know it is drawers I hear "drorr-erhs". Maybe if I thought it was draws I would hear "drorrs".

Yes, I know what you mean suzi, it's almost impossible to pass these pronunciations on without actually hearing each other.

Thanks everyone, happy to know I can continue to be irked by this one! It must have to do with the pronunciation. London-born husband says 'drawers' and 'draws' exactly the same, but at least in the region of the U.S. I'm from, they are pronounced very differently.

Draw-ers is knickers