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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:14 PM
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Question: How the hell do you pronounce, "Cthulhu"???
:shrug:
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Dem Agog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:15 PM
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1. I've always heard it as:
Koo-thoo-loo
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:15 PM
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2. I think k-thoo-loo. But what do I know?
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:15 PM
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3. I think you need to have the proper speech-organs
:evilgrin:
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:15 PM
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4. what is that?
old english?
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:17 PM
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10. It's from HP Lovecraft
One of his horror stories about Elder Gods, Ultimate Evil, Insanity, etc. Cheery stuff. Even has a cult RPG game called "Call of Cthulu"

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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:22 PM
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16. Mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft

Dark horror by a master of the genre. Here is a link for more details than you could shake 'he who must not be named' at: http://baharna.com/cmythos/mythos.htm

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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:51 PM
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25. do i see books i haven't read coming my way?
why i do believe i do!
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:15 PM
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5. I thought it was impossible for a human to pronounce correctly.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:16 PM
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6. pretty sure it is
Kuh THOO loo

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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:17 PM
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7. That's how I always pronounced it (n/t)
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:20 PM
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14. THATS IT - Kah - Thoo - Loo
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:17 PM
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8. I say
K'TULL-who

(That's a short K, not like in K Mart.)
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:17 PM
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9. Stop saying it!!! You'll summon Him.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:24 PM
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19. Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:18 PM
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Kuh-thew-lew
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:18 PM
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11. You shouldn't pronounce that name at all
ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:21 PM
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15. The Call of ......
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:18 PM
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12. I always pronounce it "My lord and master"....
:)
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one_true_leroy Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:19 PM
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13. The "P" is silent...
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:45 PM
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23. You must be related to the Shropshire Smiths...
How is Comrade Mike these days?
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:22 PM
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17. It's spelled Cthulhu, but it's pronounced...
Raymond Luxury Yacht.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:52 PM
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26. No no, it's spellt "Raymond Luxury Yacht"
But it's pronounced "Throat Wobbler Mangroves".
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:22 PM
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18. He's eating me first.
Screw the rest of you.
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:31 PM
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20. Just like it's spelled.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:36 PM
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21. and, why did you bring up "his" name?
Are you looking to cause trouble?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:51 PM
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24. HAHAHAHAHAHA
NO!!!!

Someone referred to him in a thread in LBN :D
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Village Idiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 03:38 PM
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22. Easy. You don't, unless you are looking for trouble.
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