Query: "on accident"

[carole crompton]

My kids and students I've known (esp. girls) say this (in Brattleboro,
VT) all the time. I thought it was peculiar to this area as I'd never
heard it before moving here.
Carole Crompton

On Monday, July 25, 2005, at 09:25 AM, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

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> On the Web I see not only "on accident" but also the analogous "on
> mistake"
> and "on chance" ... as one might expect.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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