How to pronounce Draw

Last updated: June 10, 2021 | Author: Angela Durant

Why is Drawer pronouncing a draw?

So what about “to draw?” To be fair to my New York friends, most Americans pronounce “Drawer‘ in an ‘illogical’ way. The word technically has two morphemes (smallest units of meaning): to draw + er, suggest a container that can be “drawn” from**. But many pronounce it as if it rhymed (ie had a morpheme) with “lore”.

Why is drawing pronounced Drawring?

This non-standard pronunciation is the result of the “over-application” of a rule that pronunciation of most British dialects, stating that the final “r” in a word is silent unless followed by a vowel.

How do you pronounce drawer?

What does pull mean?

bring about a movement in a certain direction by or as if by a tensile force; draw; pull (often followed by along, away, in, out, or out). to bring, to take, or to pull out, as from a container or source: to to draw water from a well.