Re: cthulhu fhtagn
| From: | Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 5, 2005, 20:24 |
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On 12/5/05, Reilly Schlaier <schlaier@...> wrote:
> ph'nglui mglw'nafh cthulhu r'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
> what is the exact meaning not just the translation given in the call of
> cthulhu book.
> also the pronuncation.
Somewhere in volume I of the Arkham House
collection of Lovecraft's letters, HPL says something
about how "cthulhu" is supposed to be pronounced
-- with an aspirated stop /th/, not fricative /T/, if I recall
correctly; otherwise I can't recall details. Not
sure about a detailed gloss on the sentence above,
though.
--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry