Pronunciation of Cthulhu

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:49 am

How do you pronounce Cthulhu? I've heard a few different pronunciations over the years. I know there's an official pronunciation ("Lovecraft said that "the first syllable [of Khlul'-hloo is] pronounced gutturally and very thickly. The u is about like that in full; and the first syllable is not unlike klul in sound, hence the h represents the guttural thickness." H. P. Lovecraft, Selected Letters V, pp. 10 – 11.) but I know that that doesn't seem to matter to a lot of people.

I've always pronounced it like "kuh - thoo - loo" and that's how most people I know pronounce it. My fiancé, and some British people I've met, pronounce it like "kuh - too - loo". Just curious as to how you all say it.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:28 pm

I pronounce it the same way you do, as do most people I know.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:32 pm

I pronounce it Ca-j-oo-loo...I don't know where the th- sound of the j-oo- sound came from though...

Ulayoth · Post by **Ulayoth** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:33 am

I believe its pronounced the way youve always pronounced it.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:05 pm

yah I know

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:50 pm

it IS sapposed to be pronounced KU-TU-LU

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:12 pm

my cousin pronounces it 'chith-oo-loo'

ahaha

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:22 pm

haha thats kinda funny XD

yea out of everything i have ever read about him i have learned that its supposed to be said KU-TU-LU but it really doesn't matter as long as your not doing a spell lol

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:56 am

You can pronounce it however the hell you want! I pronounce it COK-A-DOO-EL-THU-LU.

Torikton · Post by **Torikton** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:27 pm

I pronounce it "kuh - thoo - loo", too. But, of course, there's no correct pronunciation (with human tongues, at least.)

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:07 pm

na mines right

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:07 pm

why does everything have to be about COK? is that a canadian thing?

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:27 pm

Yah, we're big fans of the rooster variety up north.

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:50 pm

damn canananananadians...... thats why we all love/loath you :D

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:45 pm

You Yanks don't like us, but the rest of the world does. Unlike you guys, we're sitting pretty.