How does one pronounce cthulhu

I'm not sure if there is a definitive pronunciation. Lovecraft said that the language of the Old Ones wasn't compatible with human speech, and so any attempt by man to pronounce Cthulhu's name would at best be an approximation. Preeve View Profile View Posts.

Which ever way you prefer, I guess. Wintermute View Profile View Posts. Now to lovecraftian tonguetwisters 2. I won't even bother to try and say all that haha. Cees-main View Profile View Posts. Berahlen View Profile View Posts. It's pronounced exactly like it's spelled.

Darkko View Profile View Posts. It is often preceded by the epithet Great, Dead, or Dread. 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. It took some searching to figure it out myself. Pingback: What is the Nyarlathotep? Pingback: Who or what is Tsathoggua? Pingback: Shoggoth — Richard Klu. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.

Email required Address never made public. Name required. Follow Following. Books and Mor Join other followers. The Trek BBS. How do you pronounce cthulhu? Joined: Aug 1, Location: That wretched hive of scum and villany. I say it "ka-thoo-loo". It's probably wrong. It could be "kith-oo-loo".

Joined: Apr 26, Location: Maine. From S. Joshi's H. Lovecraft: A Life : "In various letters Lovecraft appears to give somewhat different pronunciations; his canonical utterance, however, occurs in Brendan Moody , Aug 25, Joined: Feb 11, Location: Transporter buffer. Misfit Toy , Aug 25, Joined: Mar 15, Same with the lh ; I treat it as an aspirated L. Christopher , Aug 25,