how do you pronounce 'cthulhu'

[Jar-O-Steam☣️]

cuh-thoo-loo

 

[Cibryll]

Everybody's got their own pronunciations of "Cthulhu".
I just pronounce it with the 'c' being silent.

 

[Kubiquity^3 🌳]

The word itself is alien…HP Lovecraft declared it such. There are numerous common pronunciations butttt the human cannot pronounce it correctly.

Cthulhu - Wikipedia

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Edit: Since it wasn’t copyright then Metallica simply chose a simple and easy way to pronounce spelling for its listeners.

Edit 2: HP Lovecraft died in 1937 and the song was written in 1984 which is less than 70 years.

 

[Royal_Counter]

Ca-thu-lu is probably the right way to spell it.

 

[Aurora3500]

Is it (Cu-thu-lu), (Cha-tu-lu), or (Cth-ul-who)? I've always said it was Cha tu lu.

Hello Jacobi Reagan,

There is an already existing thread for this topic, so I have gone ahead and merged your thread into the original thread so they are 1 thread now.

 

[Jacobi Reagan]

Hello Jacobi Reagan,

There is an already existing thread for this topic, so I have gone ahead and merged your thread into the original thread so they are 1 thread now.

Cool. Thank you, I didn't know.

 

[WolfieTheFurry]

I heard in one dudes video it's pronounced "Clue-Hloo" which... just sounds like a failed sneeze honestly. Lovecraft never meant for it to be pronounceable lol

 

[Kubiquity^3 🌳]

I heard in one dudes video it's pronounced "Clue-Hloo" which... just sounds like a failed sneeze honestly. Lovecraft never meant for it to be pronounceable lol

I just watched Dr Strange Multiverse of Madness and ZERO doubt that first demon is a representation of Cthulhu.

 

[WolfieTheFurry]

I just watched Dr Strange Multiverse of Madness and ZERO doubt that first demon is a representation of Cthulhu.

I really should watch that, see my boi in all his eldritch beauty lol

 

[Jacobi Reagan]

I haven't seen it yet.

 

[Mille Marteaux]

i always just called it "chalupa" tbh

 

[TheNewKiller26]

I pronounce it K-thu-lu. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Kubiquity^3 🌳]

I pronounce it K-thu-lu. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I like that or prefer that pronunciation.

 

[TheNewKiller26]

I like that or prefer that pronunciation.

It is the only pronunciation...

 

[Kubiquity^3 🌳]

i always just called it "chalupa" tbh

LOL…hey aren’t those sold at Taco Bell?

 

[Lin Xueqing]

"k-thro(without -ugh)-loo"

 

[Napalm_Isis]

Much like K'Z'K' it was never meant to be pronounceable by mere mortals. To try is foolishness.