In the same vein, how do you pronounce DRAWING?

[castille]

Draw- ring

or

Draw- ing (no R sound before the ING)

It's a pendatometer test

BoysareLikeDogs.....you asked me to report back and so I did!!!!

Sorry

And I thought I was the only person in the world who was so pedantic about pronounciation!! Definitely draw ing, cos there is no 'r' in it! Unlike boring which does have an 'r'!! Easiest way to explain I think is if you say you draw a picture not drore a picture!
New query thats a huge bugbear with me- the letter H!! Nearly everyone pronounces it "Haitch" however it should be "aitch" as I was taught by my English teacher! Its even in the dictionary spelt that way!! Yes I know, I'm anal!!!

BoysAreLikeDogs..

I am with you Claire!

That Miss Smilla book which came up in conversation for an entirely different reason recently, fascinated me because the character could pinpoint people to their home village by their accent. I can't remember anything else about the book.

Aitch all the way

Where I come from they say Haitch. I stubbornly say Aitch. But a five year old called HOlly corrected me the other day. OK. You know. I was big enough not to argue with a child. It was a struggle though.

Have to say I completly agree with the 'aich' thing.
I find it quite ironic that people that who insist that it's 'haich' will then talk about going 'ome.

Although it seems I have no leg to stand on as I (honestly) can't pronounce drawing properly.

Woo hooo!!! I'm not alone!!

A west of Scotland peculiarism (if that's a word?) is the pronunciation of "J" - does it rhyme with "I" or "K"?

J rhymes with K, though Brummies make it sound like it rhymes with I. No offence to any Brummies! I'm not tryin to generalise, its just something I've noticed when I visit my sis who lives in Brum!

Most people I know rhyme it with I, whereas in school it was drummed into us that it rhymed with K. Oh and H is aitch!

Hence the elocution expression "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain". I used to think, what on earth does that teach?? In my area they don't say Ji, Ki, aye !

Argh yes... Haitch to me sounds like nails down a blackboard - aitch all the way in this house

Oh goody we are still doing this today....which word are we on? [slightly over-excited]

I don't get the haitch one what word is it really?

K99 I think it is because we are Scottish there has never been a R in drawing in Scotland...even drunk its just "drawin" - still no R.

My mother is a Londoner I think she may have a R in her drawing.

[sings to self "maybe it because I'm a Londoner"]

I keep saying it over and over in my Dublin accent, but it sounds different each time I say it now.

Tis driving me crackers.

Drawring with a long 'a', I think.

Although sometimes I say drawing

Am I peculiar?

< rhetorical question >

seniorMelly, the haitch is how to pronounce the letter H - haitch or aitch is the question