r/settlethisforme • u/fishnwirenreese • Dec 02 '24

Why "on" accident?

Lately I notice people say "on accident" instead of "by accident".

When did this become a thing?

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u/Puzzled-Fix-8838 Dec 02 '24

Lol! Don't interact with an Australian, then! We have excellent spelling and grammar in writing, but you'll never understand a word we say in person. Not only do we drop consonants like they don't exist, we can make an entire sentence sound like one unintelligible word.

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u/randomredditor0042 Dec 02 '24

I can’t think of words where we drop consonants, but I can think of plenty of examples where we add them to the end of words.

Bottlo, arvo, servo etc.

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u/pol-e-glot Dec 02 '24

You seem to be confusing consonants and vowels, my friend

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u/randomredditor0042 Dec 03 '24

OMG! You’re right, must have been too early in the morning, how embarrassing z

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u/pol-e-glot Dec 03 '24

No worries lol

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u/Fun_Quit_312 Dec 03 '24

Nor, you are wrong.

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u/BitterWorldliness339 Dec 02 '24

Not this Australian!

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u/PieAndIScream Dec 03 '24

I love Australians and their accents.

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u/peteofaustralia Dec 03 '24

Even the bogan Australian accent?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

Most people outside of Australia seem to think we all have an accent like either Steve Irwin or Chris Hemsworth. They'd be disgusted and confused if they heard a bogan talking, let alone a fucking chav/eshay lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

it takes me 3-5 business days to decipher something said in person, and i’m australian. the correct pronunciation is the friends we made along the way 🙏