# How do you pronounce Cthulhu?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956 "2010-11-08T20:50:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956/41 "2010-11-10T00:04:10Z")

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> [@Apollyon](#):
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> Elder Gods? Please… merely a Great Old One… I mean Elder Gods are like Nodens or Hypnos… or if we’re going to include Outer Gods then Azathoth, or Yog-Sothoth, or Nyarlathote… _eep_

You called? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956/42 "2010-11-10T16:45:23Z")

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> [@Apollyon](#):
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> Elder Gods? Please… merely a Great Old One… I mean Elder Gods are like Nodens or Hypnos… or if we’re going to include Outer Gods then Azathoth, or Yog-Sothoth, or Nyarlathote… _eep_

Fair point, and I stand corrected. Invoking the name of a Great Old One is a terrible idea in its own right, though, even if they aren’t as bad as the Elder Gods. Speaking of …

> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> You called? :dubious:

_Damn_ you, **Apollyon**! :mad:

😉

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956/43 "2010-11-10T16:56:54Z")

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They’re here, yay! I want to be eaten first! Wait, is Jessica Alba an Elder God?

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956/44 "2010-11-10T20:13:36Z")

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This is the very reason I remain a dedicated Doper for nearly a decade.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-cthulhu/559956/45 "2010-11-10T20:38:29Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> They’re here, yay! I want to be eaten first! Wait, is Jessica Alba an Elder God?

No, she’s a Deep One. They photoshop the Innsmouth look out of her magazine pictorials.

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