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by kelnos 2242 days ago
In America it's a regional thing. "By accident" is east coast, "on accident" is more midwest and west coast (though given that the west coast is full of transplants, there's a mix in usage". I've lived in CA for 16 years, but grew up in NJ and MD, and "on accident" still sounds weird to me.
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I'm from CA and I hate "on accident", it sounds dumb and wrong.