Yes, the sliding storage always comes to mind…but also with my native NY/NJ accent it is not the easiest word to say.
So I avoid ‘drawer', while still lacking the proverbial ‘better word’. I tend to say that I have a drawing practice.
I guess we’re people who draw?
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> On 21 Dec 2020, at 5:27 pm, Howard Riley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Faced with the same problem, I opted for ‘Drawer’, capitalised to indicate a person rather than a sliding storage unit!
> Howard
> (Also avoids the smutty connotation of the uncapitalised plural)
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>> On 21 Dec 2020, at 15:50, Lucy Lyons <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi Andrea
>> I say drawer too!
>> Best wishes
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>> Lucy
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>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 15:33, Andrea Kantrowitz
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>> I'm looking for a general non-gendered term. (ie sub for draughtsman.) draughtsperson is way too cumbersome. I'm using "drawer" for now. any suggestions?
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>> Thanks so much!
>> Andrea
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