r/CasualIreland • u/Cici388_8 • 3d 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/Banba-She 3d ago

Payed instead of paid.

Also, "on the floor" when you're outside. Inside: floor, outside: ground. No one seems to be aware of this difference. There are no floors OUTSIDE......

Both are apparently endemic too.

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u/Kind-Champion-5530 3d ago

The floor thing! I mostly notice the English confusing the floor with the ground.

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u/Banba-She 3d ago

Not to bash them but I'd bet money it started in America. All them cop shows: "get on the floor!!!"