[Novalug] OT: Cthulhu (was Caveat for travelers -- No, caveat for ABITP's!!)
Ross Patterson
RossPatterson at Comcast.Net
Thu Aug 7 15:31:07 EDT 2008
At 10:24 8/7/2008, Pete Nuwayser wrote:
>I've always wanted to know something: What is the proper
>pronunciation of Cthulhu?
Lovecraft wrote that the closest we mere humans could get to it is
"KHLUL-hloo". The "kh" sound is a guttural - like the "ch" in
"Channukah" or "loch". So it's essentially "hull whloo", with both
emphasis and some phlegm on the first syllable.
Ross
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