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Re:FATCA Pushes “Accidental” Americans to Give Up US Citizen... by dctoedt on Sunday December 27, 2020 @10:57AM (#25551833)
It's BY accident; "on accident" is incoherent gibberish, no matter how many young whippersnappers imagine that it's clever of them to "evolve" the language in this way. (And get off my lawn while you're at it ....)
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Re:FATCA Pushes “Accidental” Americans to Give Up US Citizen... by dkarp on Sunday December 27, 2020 @07:05PM (#25555349)
It’s a common mistake by non native English speakers. There are many non native English speakers on the internet. Go easy, it’s not necessarily what you assumed
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