How to pronounce Cthulhu?

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Pronunciation of Cthulhu

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Cthulhu is pronounced as

Khlûl'-hloo


Cthulhu is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Khlûl'-hloo ]

Type of Name:

Name of dark god in story "The Call of Cthulhu

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the invention of H.P. Lovecraft

Alternate Spelling(s):

Tulu, Clulu, Clooloo, Cthulu, Cthullu, C'thulhu, Cighulu, Cathulu, C'thlu, Kathulu, Kutulu, Kthulhu,

Meaning:

Cthulhu[1] is a fictional cosmic entity who first appeared in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928.

Additional Information:

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.


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Pronunciation of Cthulhu in Sweden

Cthulhu is pronounced as

k uu th oo l h oo

k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'
uu sounds like the 'u' in 'put'
th sounds like the 'th' in 'thin'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
h sounds like the 'h' in 'hat'


Cthulhu is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k uu th oo l h oo ]

k uu th oo l h oo
key put thin food let hat food

Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Unknown

Additional Information:

Name of a dark god from the city of R'lyeh (Ree-Lyuh)


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Pronunciation of Cthulhu

Cthulhu is pronounced as

th oo l oo

th sounds like the 'th' in 'thin'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'


Cthulhu is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ th oo l oo ]

th oo l oo
thin food let food

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Pronunciation of Cthulhu in Sweden

Keh-Thool-Who


Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Unknown

Additional Information:

Name of a dark god from the city of R'lyeh (Ree-Lyuh)


Comments:

Pronunciation of Cthulhu

thoo-loo


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