The difference between draw and drawer...

[balge]

received pronunciation (RP) - definition and examples of received pronunciation


Hubris was a Greek Goddess or Daemon, interestingly characterised by the Romans as 'Petulantia', a name which should certainly be in more common usage these days...

Happy Cronia and a Merry Brumalia

 

[brucemillar]

Did Hugh Briss not play left back for ****nal in his younger days?

 

[pipmk]

Did Hugh Briss not play left back for ****nal in his younger days?

yes but under his stage name of Sen Toff!

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Did Hugh Briss not play left back for ****nal in his younger days?

Yes. Is that not the answer? Or is it not no?

 

[glowhawk]

another one that is used even on the TV news is this" He SPAN his wheels" . I think you will find that it's "He spun his wheels" a bridge has a span ,the width of your hand is a span,(he spun his wheels ,he is spinning his wheels,his wheels are spinning)

 

[glowhawk]

Is someone who constructs drawers a drawerer, and is that pronounced differently?

no he is called a carpenter

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Is someone who constructs drawers a drawerer, and is that pronounced differently?

no he is called a carpenter

from earlier on:

Only if a carpenter carpents!

 

[balge]

no he is called a carpenter

Cabinet-maker I would have thought?

 

[Deleted member 65149]

no he is called a carpenter

Cabinet-maker I would have thought?

There's a fine line between a carpenter and a cabinet-maker. It's called marquetry!

 

[renault12ts]

There's a fine line between a carpenter and a cabinet-maker. It's called marquetry!

God loves a marquetryer...