Pronunciation of Cthulhu

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:38 pm

all you have to fall back on is the legend of the royal canadian kilten yaksmen

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:59 pm

don't forget the....uhhhh....hmmm....maple...beavers?

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:24 am

ku-thu- AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

~anothercell~ · Post by **~anothercell~** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:38 am

Don`t try to spell it right,nothing human can...

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:23 pm

thats actually true..... for some reason we dont like you but the rest of the world has no problem with you and hates us o.o

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:09 pm

In the Star Spawn language his name actually translates into "The One with really bad gas"

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:55 pm

whaa? O.O;;;

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:09 pm

you heard me

Danial · Post by **Danial** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:52 am

A friend of mine used to pronounce it SEE-THOO-LOO. Not sure why he chose to pronounce the 'C' on its own, but as everyone's pointed out, there are many different versions. I personally say K'-THOO-LOO.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:13 am

seethulhu? that's even kookier than chithulhu.

i'm pretty sure hpl said (in a letter or somewhere) that it could be spelled like cluh-loo, more like a throat sound than a normal word. think somewhere between cluh and k'thoo, that's probably as accurate as you can get.

i think everyone can agree the second syllable resembles 'loo' though.

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:36 pm

it his books he said its not really said in a way we could comprehend, but it was said more like a howling of the wind or the sound of insects. it was said like a sound not a word....

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:46 pm

the sound of insects is mentioned regarding al azif aka the necronomicon

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:52 pm

yea but isnt it also mentioned on how the worshippers of cthulhu used his name in COC?

Ian Whateley · Post by **Ian Whateley** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:48 pm

My favorite pronunciation is in "Medusa's Coil" (an otherwise unremarkable ghost write of Lovecraft) in which the African-American voodoo-woman calls him,
"Marse Clooloo" in a Southern accent.
But I personaly say Koth-ulu.

TentacleThingy · Post by **TentacleThingy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:58 am

I pronounce it KUH-THOO-LOO. I tried to pronounce it the way Lovecraft described it, but it gave me some trouble.