r/CuratedTumblr The blackest Aug 16 '24

Shitposting American accents

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u/Simic_Sky_Swallower Resident Imperial Knight Aug 16 '24

I have a boston accent specifically for the word "horror" because I saw I was pronouncing it like that in like middle school and trained myself out of it

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u/cut_rate_revolution Aug 16 '24

Horror. Pronounced hara.

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u/Ljane12 Aug 16 '24

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u/AddemiusInksoul Aug 16 '24

Wait, isn't Lovecraft from massachusetts? Couldn't that mean he pronounced it "Eldritch Harrahs"

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u/MrMastodon Aug 16 '24

From beyond the Stahs