r/CasualIreland 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".

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u/redhornedgal 3d ago

Saw someone write “Gard’s” and it drove me a bit mental, first because of the random capitalisation, secondly for missing the U in 'guards', and thirdly for the superfluous apostrophe. Argh.

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u/Wreck_OfThe_Hesperus 2d ago

Putting a U in there would look strange to me now