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Old 07-31-2008, 06:48 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lucifer Baphomet View Post
According to H. P. Lovecraft:
"The actual sound - as nearly as human organs could imitate it or human letters record it - may be taken as something like Khlul'-hloo, with the first syllable pronounced gutturally and very thickly."

"The best approximation one can make is to grunt, bark, or cough the imperfectly formed syllables Cluh-Luh with the tip of the tongue firmly affixed to the roof of the mouth. That is, if one is a human being. Directions for other entities are naturally different."

In other words .. he didn't know how to pronounce it either.
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