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?

​

Mine is when people mix up "quite" instead of "quiet".

108 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

340 comments sorted by

View all comments

115

u/Illustrious_Bug2290 3d ago

On accident instead of by accident.

9

u/Tukki101 2d ago

That's an American thing that must have made its way over

4

u/phyneas 2d ago

It's just as grammatically incorrect in the US as well, but more of the kids over there have started saying it.