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Hookman

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So I just got around to reading The Call of Cthulu by H.P Lovecraft and something has been bugging me...How do you say it?
I've been pronouncing it Kuh-Fool-Ooh the whole time but it dawned on me that I've actually never heard it said out loud before. I realised this when I saw that I had been pronouncing R'yleh wrong the whole time. Help a brother out?
 

Hookman

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Thanks, I know it sounds stupid but it really bugs when I don't know how names are pronounced when I'm reading.
 

Timewave Zero

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Well, there are several different variations. You can say it any way you like, really, but the name that appears in the story is pronounced KUH-THOO-LOO

There's also:
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.

Then there's HPL's own way of saying it, the way that is supposed to be the closest to the actual pronounciation:
Khlûl'-hloo

Mmmyep. You see, it's supposed to be impossible to actually say the name, because it's so utterly alien.