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Sephiros | 21:36 Thu 29th Aug 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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'My fault' in Latin.
It's where the word 'culpable' (blameworthy) comes from.
It means "by my fault" and its use stems from the Catholic confessional lines "mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa", which in the English version is "by my fault, by my fault, by my most grievous fault".

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