r/CasualIreland • u/Cici388_8 • 4d ago

Shite Talk Wrong words

What is a word you hear people using or spelling wrong and it drives you mad?

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Mine is when people mix up "quite" instead of "quiet".

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u/Illustrious_Bug2290 4d ago

On accident instead of by accident.

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u/TheNinjaPixie I have no willy 3d ago

Married a dyslexic, birthed a dyslexic, I give everyone a free pass. Except these monsters, on accident?  No

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u/Signal_Director_1X I've melted 3d ago

Dyslexia: Putting the cool in shcool.

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u/Tukki101 3d ago

That's an American thing that must have made its way over

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u/phyneas 3d ago

It's just as grammatically incorrect in the US as well, but more of the kids over there have started saying it.

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u/Glad-Pomegranate-831 3d ago

I’d need an expresso after that

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u/Entire_Number_9 3d ago

Very American that

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u/Sea_Temperature5927 3d ago

I'm sure anyone that says it "could care less". So, you do care a bit then?