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 ma> : That's an interesting pronunciation of Cthulhu.  We always pronounce
 ma> : it Kuh-thoo-loo.  I bet there's a pronunciation guide somewhere. 
 ma> : I'll check amazon.com.

 ma> If you mean the one I posted, in two syllables if possible: I'm a 
 ma> linguist*. Saying the unspeakable is a hobby of mine. I try to say 'em
 ma> as  they're written, not as they're adapted for wimpy mortal human
 ma> tongues.  Like: 
 ma> mekt-hakkikt
 ma> Akktimakkht (or is that Akkhtimakkt?)
 ma> Ghisteslwchlohm (Patricia McKillip herself has approved my 3-1/2 
 ma> syllable pronunciation of this one)
 ma> Cthulthu
 ma> Qapla'!
 ma> and so on.

You have my sympathies (and my respect!). Best I've done was shortly
after Ringworld Engineers came out. A friend had been reading a copy
and said something about "Speaker-to-animals". Without thinking I said,
"no, that's Chmee". And to our mutual surprise, it came out *correctly*
(Ch was a "cough" and "mee" was definitely the proper feline sound, not
the silly human pronunciation"). 

But what gets scarier than being able to pronounce Kzinti, is being
able to *think* like a Kif. My friends get worried when I'm reading the
latter parts of the Chanur trilogy. :-)

Leonard Erickson (aka Shadow)
 shadow@krypton.rain.com	<--preferred
leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com	<--last resort

... Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning...