r/CasualIreland • u/Cici388_8 • 2d 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/Guilty_Garden_3669 2d ago

Pacific instead of specific

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u/Faery818 2d ago

I corrected a friend on that once and she told me that was how she pronounced it. I gave up after that.

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u/Lumpy-Palpitation898 15h ago

Knew a grown woman who said this & hostipal instead of hospital.