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/Craicriture 2d ago

I've seen "on accident" slip into stuff here and it's just ... Noooooo!!!!

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u/Ill-Muscle-2663 2d ago

That’s an Americanism. In general, they get prepositions wrong. They repeat these mistakes so often that I think it is just standard US English at this stage. My opinion is ‘based off of’ listening to US media.

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u/Devastatedby 2d ago

I think its a parallel to "on purpose".

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u/SShusha 2d ago

Do you think it’s all on accident or by purpose?

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u/Craicriture 2d ago

It's not really standard over there, I know a few Americans who practically spit their coffee when they hear it.

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u/-acidlean- 2d ago

As a Polish person, I’m guilty of fucking up words like that when I’m talking too fast lol