# Lovecraft word pronunciation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 1, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494 "2005-12-01T01:58:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/21 "2005-12-02T05:16:11Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> even \*\*\*thoguh \*\* \* I think that sounds better.

Ia! Ia! The Black Go…oh, nevermind.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/22 "2005-12-02T05:48:17Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> “The Necronomicon. Narrated by James Earl Jones.”

I would’ve gone with Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/23 "2005-12-02T08:48:15Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I would’ve gone with Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Fran Dresher

“Ahk-ahk-ahk-ahk-ahk”

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/24 "2005-12-02T13:34:33Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I would’ve gone with Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Martha Stewart.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/25 "2005-12-02T15:05:47Z")

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> [@slortar](#):
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> Martha Stewart.

"That is not dead which can eternal lie,  
and with strange aeons, even death may die.

And that’s a GOOD thing!"

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**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/26 "2005-12-02T15:53:11Z")

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> [@HPL](#):
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> Well, in **Shoggoth on the roof** , R’lyeh is pronouced “Ri-lay”. And fhtagn(which means “dreams”(as a verb), if I’m not mistaken) I’ve heard pronouced "fa(as in “father”)-ta(same father a sound)-gin(as in “begin” not "gin).

I just watched **Dagon** last night, and that is how _fhtagn_ is pronounced in that, too. Also in that movie, they use “Cuh-THOO-loo” for _Cthulhu_.

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/27 "2005-12-02T16:31:40Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> "That is not dead which can eternal lie,  
> and with strange aeons, even death may die.
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> And that’s a GOOD thing!"

“That is not dead which can eternal lie,  
and with strange aeons, even death may die,  
but you **can** spice it up with a delightful floral arrangement!”

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-word-pronunciation/333494/28 "2005-12-03T05:31:28Z")

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I’ve created a monster. Only appropriate.

My vote’s for the guy who played Gollum. That would be totally creepy.

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