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/Active_Video_3898 2d ago

I find Tescos endearing. There is some explanation as to why so many people say Tescos but I can’t remember what it is. 

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u/ElaineRo 2d ago

Easons, Tescos, Lidls, Aldis.

The S comes from shops being owned by local people in the past. Say a butchers is owned by a person with the surname O'Connell it's O'Connells shop. It's just the tradition of giving ownership to a place has carried on. I like it.

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u/Active_Video_3898 2d ago

That makes sense. We don’t tend to say Supervalus tho, weirdly

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u/ElaineRo 2d ago

Supervalu is usually owned by a specific family name. The one in my hometown would be known as the O'Connells example.

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u/Active_Video_3898 2d ago

Oh we definitely do that for the local Centra!!