on accident

[A. Maberry]

I'm with Peter. Don't think I've ever encountered "on accident" in speech
or in print.

Allem
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Peter A. McGraw wrote:

> !!!??
>
> Until the message below came just now, I was considering giving "The Reply
> from the Pacific Northwest," which would have said that until this thread
> started I had never heard "on accident."  I was supremely confident it must
> be one of those eccentric Easternisms which we westerners would never utter.
>
> The fact remains that I don't recall ever hearing anyone say "on accident"
> until this thread started, and I'm quite sure I have never used anything
> but "by accident" myself, but apparently it's generational rather than
> regional.
>
> Peter Mc.
> (getting closer to 60 than he likes)
>
> --On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 11:42 AM -0800 Benjamin Barrett
> <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
>
> > To me, "by accident" just sounds wrong. 33, Seattle.
> >
> > Benjamin Barrett
> > gogaku at ix.netcom.com
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************************
>                                Peter A. McGraw
>                    Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>                             pmcgraw at linfield.edu
>