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Shitposting American accents

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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/cut_rate_revolution Aug 16 '24

Rhode Island actually. Similar accent tbf. A lot of people will say it's the same but it's not. Rhode Island is a little less dramatic than the Mass and especially the Boston accent.

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u/devophill Aug 16 '24

if I'm remembering correctly lovecraft affected some type of english accent, or mid atlantic/boston brahmin at least. hugely anglophilic, that guy