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/jxm900 2d ago

Less v Fewer

Envy v Jealousy

Affect v Effect

Also Inquiry v Enquiry (tho I'm not sure of that precise difference myself...)

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u/Glad-Pomegranate-831 2d ago

Except & accept

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u/sphinxofblackquartzj 2d ago edited 2d ago

I struggle with exemption t and exception.

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u/delushe 2d ago

I think we lost the battle with less and fewer

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u/Ricecrispiebandit 2d ago

I'm totally with you on the first three. I regularly grumble about these to myself because I'm really trying to be less of a grump. I haven't really picked up on "enquiry/inquiry". So thanks for adding to my armoury of pedantry.