Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

**cessna152towser** · 26th January 11, 02:26 AM

I think we need Trefor to give us a translation!

**Meggers** · 22nd August 12, 08:04 PM

Cthulhu

How does one even pronounce this word?

**CDNSushi** · 22nd August 12, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Meggers

How does one even pronounce this word?

From Wikipedia:

Spelling and pronunciation

Cthulhu has also been spelled as Tulu, Clulu, Clooloo, Cthulu, Cthullu, C'thulhu, Cighulu, Cathulu, C'thlu, Kathulu, Kutulu, Kthulhu, Q’thulu, K'tulu, Kthulhut, Kulhu, Kutunluu, Ktulu, Cuitiliú, Thu Thu, and in many other ways. It is often preceded by the epithet Great, Dead, or Dread.

Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of Cthulhu as "Khlûl'-hloo" (IPA: [ˈχɬʊl.ɬuː] ?). S. T. Joshi points out, however, that Lovecraft gave several differing pronunciations on different occasions. According to Lovecraft, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language. Long after Lovecraft's death, the pronunciation /kəˈθuːluː/kə-THOO-loo became common, and the game Call of Cthulhu endorsed it.

**Meggers** · 23rd August 12, 10:25 AM

So like....what is it? An octopus monster? I tried looking it up but still wasnt quite understanding.

**xman** · 23rd August 12, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Meggers

So like....what is it? An octopus monster? I tried looking it up but still wasnt quite understanding.

Click me and say good-bye to sanity.

**ronin6290** · 6th February 13, 07:02 AM

Thought you might enjoy this. This would make a brilliant Skean Dhu if a mite shorter..

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**Andy Proffitt** · 26th January 11, 08:24 AM

This is always the way it goes when eldritch horrors creep onto a forum. Mass hysteria, carnage, confusion...and bonsai.

insert elder sign here

**Bugbear** · 26th January 11, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Andy Proffitt

This is always the way it goes when eldritch horrors creep onto a forum. Mass hysteria, carnage, confusion...and bonsai.

insert elder sign here

Originally Posted by KD Burke

Alas! I tried to warn them; my doomed colleagues! I tried to explain that calling electronically on those things which should lie undisturbed would have catastrophic consequences.....Alas!!!

The gods are in our heads, and our heads have become world-wide.
Hoohahaha.

Just saying.

Sorry about the bonsai discussion.