'Drawers' not 'draws'

Many Scots and Irish - and probably some northern English - speakers do still pronounce the "ers" and make the distinction that must once have been standard.

A related issue is when (English) speakers say "thawring" instead of "thawing". It makes me want to ask them when it stopped snowring.

I meant to say drars not dramas maybe we are making a drama out of a dra

In the north east we say dramas for a chest of drawers, we never refer to knickers as drawers. I had a friend who had a London accent and called knickers drawers, pronouncing every letter fully. Maybe it's a north south thing.

So many on groups say ‘ I hope I m aloud ‘ it totally grates (perhaps I should say greats) on me and the draws/ drawers one as well

Singingnutty - Hilda Ogden had a 'muriel' on her wall in Coronation Street. She was very proud of it and often spoke of it!

Maizie. I have always written it as 'all right' although I don't know whether any of my pupils cared enough to do so. I wouldn't correct other versions of course.
and 'alot' really grates.

I keep my ‘draws’ in my drawers?

I am perfectly happy to “stand corrected” as my Granny used to say, but less chuffed when I am right.
So GabriellaG if you are reading this I did mean “whose grammar” and not what you thought it should be (because that would be “who is grammar “ and altogether too profound a philosophical discussion.)

We have several murals in our town and another one is being prepared. I'm afraid to say it is usually referred to as a 'muriel'.

Love that, Maw!

maw
pensionpat my response in that situation (usually after being contradicted by MrA) is to raise my eyebrows and say in my best Joyce Grenfell tone ‘I think you’ll find I’m right’

Like this?

I hate the thought that the people who spell things wrong are probably thinking that my correct version is wrong. I have a friend who corrected my pronunciation of "thesaurus". She laughed and stated. "Don't you know it's Theosaurus". I should have told her that a Theosaurus was an erudite dinosaur but it would have gone over her head.

Oh Maw I had completely forgotten that!
My mum used to sing it sometimes and we thought she was disgusting! (we loved it!)

maw

No guilt, Charleygirl; I'm sure that's how it was originally pronounced. Though I suspect that had we gone on pronouncing it like that it would have ended up as 'droorers' (the things you 'draw out')

I blame it on we English who refuse to talk properly...

Baggs My (very old) English teacher used to make us write it as two words 'all right'. I expect that 'almost' used to be 'all most' at one time and I suspect that 'a lot' will very shortly become 'alot'...

Thanks MawBroom. Enjoyed Flanders and Swann being rude.

MawBroon coming from the east Neuk of Fife I am still guilty of that.

Yes Greyduster now you come to mention it I have seen it in auction house catalogues.

In Scotland (and I suspect N England) we do say something closer to “draw-ers”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSrXqOI9988

Am I the only one who thought this was another thread from a certain male member

I have noticed this particularly with catalogues from auction houses. They don’t seem to be able to get to grips with the fact that chests have drawers, but telescopes have draws!!

Chester Drawers..

PS My youngest daughter is a very good drawer.