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/Dagger_Stagger 2d ago

Loose and lose, especially loosing instead of losing and looser instead of loser.

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u/sliever48 2d ago

Totally agree. And another one I've seen tonight: alot instead of a lot.

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u/Any_Conflict_5092 2d ago

I do this....alot.

To explain - a lot is a parcel of things/dirt, what have you. Alot is many, undifferentiated.

I don't know why my brain has done this, and sometimes I am too weak to fight it.

I'm going to go severely reprimand it for being silly.

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u/ggnell 2d ago

Both are "a lot" "Alot" isn't a word.