Username pronunciations

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 6:51 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:I thought Chthulhu was something that wasn't supposed to be pronounceable - I'd always assumed kthulhu's name was an adaptation of that... wrong?

Yes, I adapted it from what is probably Mr. Lovecraft's most famous creation. I thought it was a cool name, but since I like k's better than c's, and to also stand out, I changed it to "kthulhu". The name can be pronounced, it's just not easy. The one I gave is probably inaccurate, but that's the way I like it.

EarthCurrent · Post by **EarthCurrent** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:12 pm

kthulhu wrote:
SarahtheBoring wrote:I thought Chthulhu was something that wasn't supposed to be pronounceable - I'd always assumed kthulhu's name was an adaptation of that... wrong?
Yes, I adapted it from what is probably Mr. Lovecraft's most famous creation. I thought it was a cool name, but since I like k's better than c's, and to also stand out, I changed it to "kthulhu". The name can be pronounced, it's just not easy. The one I gave is probably inaccurate, but that's the way I like it.

In the 1910s into the early 20 their was a movement in America to eliminate the letter 'C' from the alphabet and merely make due with the letter 'K'. Popular vernacular won out, however, so we still have 'C's.
Yet, given the rather questionable translations associated with those few recovered writings attributed to the Cult of the Cthulhu it seems not improbably that a 'K' might indeed be proper.

NME · Post by **NME** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:14 pm

it sounds like its spelled, literally.

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:18 pm

Póe-stay-iño ?

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:25 pm

earthcurrent wrote:
kthulhu wrote:Yes, I adapted it from what is probably Mr. Lovecraft's most famous creation. I thought it was a cool name, but since I like k's better than c's, and to also stand out, I changed it to "kthulhu". The name can be pronounced, it's just not easy. The one I gave is probably inaccurate, but that's the way I like it.
In the 1910s into the early 20 their was a movement in America to eliminate the letter 'C' from the alphabet and merely make due with the letter 'K'. Popular vernacular won out, however, so we still have 'C's.
Yet, given the rather questionable translations associated with those few recovered writings attributed to the Cult of the Cthulhu it seems not improbably that a 'K' might indeed be proper.

Beautiful.

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:30 pm

Ber-ser-k A-va

BrsrkEva O_o;;

::runs off while playing Mudvayne really loud in teh backgound::

::edits new AMV::

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:37 pm

it's like how you would say stinky, but with out the st, just with kl.

Like

Klilll - INKY

Klinky

Farmboybob · Post by **Farmboybob** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:43 pm

Mine,

Farm-boy-bob..........easy huh?

Chaos Angel · Post by **Chaos Angel** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:30 pm

kthulhu wrote:Kuh-Too-Loo. Rather easy, actually.

I've been mentally saying it "Kuh-Thoo-Loo"...

::loser::

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:33 pm

BrsrkEva wrote:Ber-ser-k A-va

BrsrkEva O_o;;

::runs off while playing Mudvayne really loud in teh backgound::

::edits new AMV::

why do people always pronounce it with an A? ... in the dub they ay that .. and that jsut pisses me off becasue of how shitty the voices sound ... i ses Eva, not Ava. But hell its your name ... pronounce it as you like ...