What is it with certain words?

Glad you bought this up, I defiantly now what your on about, but you just have to except it.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
In the south, draw and drawer are pronounced in exactly the same way.
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It's not just the south, it's the entire country, anyone who speaks the ER is an idiot.

If someone said "drawer" in a conversation to me I'd think they were talking about someone that drew something.

These threads are pointless, we get one once everyone one or two months and it's the same crap over and over. If it makes you feel better about being you then please, continue being a grammar Nazi.

The rest of us will understand that some people will be making mistakes because they are typing to quickly, maybe using a phone, maybe they just don't know any better or for instance in my case, has brain damage from when I was attacked at 15 and it can effect my speech/typing if I am doing so at speed!
 
AHarvey said:
It's not just the south, it's the entire country, anyone who speaks the ER is an idiot.
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I think that comment says much more about you than anyone who pronounces it with an -er. Is it difficult for you to understand that various regions pronounce it differently?
 
AHarvey said:
It's not just the south, it's the entire country, anyone who speaks the ER is an idiot.

If someone said "drawer" in a conversation to me I'd think they were talking about someone that drew something.
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I disagree completely; the "er" is there to be prounounced, same as player, prayer, computer, etc.

When referring to someone, you should also use "who" instead of "that" - another case of people not thinking before speaking or writing. ;)
 
Deific said:
Are you telling me you actually say Draw-er for drawer? If so you are the first person I have ever known to do that.
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Why?
Do you say 'draw'?

Are you one of these types who says Ireland as Island and thinks they're speaking correctly? Then has trouble understanding regional accents where people use correct forms of English?
 
AHarvey said:
It's not just the south, it's the entire country, anyone who speaks the ER is an idiot.
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Wow!
The entire country in your experience can't speak English? No wonder all these foreigners who can have difficultly making themselves understood, and why callcentres are based in India...

So you think a drawer is someone who draws? Is that because an artist is someone with an 'eart?
 
OP moans about spelling, gets owned due to his own spelling mistakes, throws toy out of pram.

Good work Surveyor :D
 
Buchanan0204 said:
My sig is the perfect example. I mean, who would actually say the word "brought" in everyday life.
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A friend of mine does exactly this. For him, the word 'bought' doesn't exist, it's always 'brought'. I've tried the sarcastic reply "Really, where did you bring it from?" but to put it bluntly, he's too stupid to understand! He's a great person but practically illiterate.
 
I get annoyed by a lot of the mistakes above. Another one that gets to me is "a lot" :confused:

It doesn't need to be perfect english, but at least make a decent effort :mad: If that's beyond you, why not take the time to spell check or use a dictionary and learn how to correctly use words!
 
There is a girl at work who uses momentarily in the wrong context all the time and it really frustrates me.

"I will do it momentarily" NO YOU WON'T! You will do it in a moment! It's correct use should be "for a moment" as in "I blacked out momentarily" not "in a moment".
 
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Why do people pronounce words incorrectly even when they know it's wrong. If they were to write it down they would get it right, but when they say it they use the wrong word!

Specific is not pronounced 'pacific'
Asterisk is not pronounced 'asterix' (this seems to be creeping into general use)
 
I totally dont get why people get so up tight about this sort of thing.

The purpose of language is to convey information, and providing that the information is understood by the recipient who cares about some spelling or grammatical errors?

Obviously its a different story if the words or grammar used change the meaning sufficiently that someone is misunderstood, but on the tiny things this thread if full of people know exactly what other people are trying to say so are just picking up on minor errors for the hell of it.
 
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