Date:  Mon, 23 Oct 1995 09:55:30 -0500

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Drawrings



> My business partner is an art therapist; when she gets an art therapy

>group together, she has us do "drawrings." The only other time I've heard

>of this pronunciation(and she has other linguistic ideosyncrasies that the

>locals here have a hard time understanding)is on a Saturday Night Live

>sketch about a little British boy named Simon who "likes to do drawrings."

>My business partner lived in NYC for the first forty-odd years of her life,

>and has since lived in Seattle and several locations in Arizona before com-

>ing to Vermont. Any idea if this is a regional idiosyncracy from anywhere,

>or is it just her?

>



Based on my extensive research (I dated an Englishman for 2 years)

I have concluded that Brits do use this pronunciation.

I also know several people from the New York area who use it, too.



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