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Pronunciation of Cthulhu
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:49 am
by zeitgeist
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:28 pm
by Enkil
I pronounce it the same way you do, as do most people I know.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:32 pm
by Eternities End
I pronounce it Ca-j-oo-loo...I don't know where the th- sound of the j-oo- sound came from though...
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:33 am
by Ulayoth
I believe its pronounced the way youve always pronounced it.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:05 pm
by Eternities End
yah I know
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 1:50 pm
by miz redavni
it IS sapposed to be pronounced KU-TU-LU
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:12 pm
by JJ Burke
my cousin pronounces it 'chith-oo-loo'
ahaha
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:22 pm
by miz redavni
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
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:56 am
by Eternities End
You can pronounce it however the hell you want! I pronounce it COK-A-DOO-EL-THU-LU.
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:27 pm
by Torikton
I pronounce it "kuh - thoo - loo", too. But, of course, there's no correct pronunciation (with human tongues, at least.)
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:07 pm
by Eternities End
na mines right
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:07 pm
by JJ Burke
why does everything have to be about COK? is that a canadian thing?
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:27 pm
by Eternities End
Yah, we're big fans of the rooster variety up north.
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:50 pm
by miz redavni
damn canananananadians...... thats why we all love/loath you :D
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:45 pm
by Eternities End
You Yanks don't like us, but the rest of the world does. Unlike you guys, we're sitting pretty.