I was wandering through youtube stuff (and similar), and I heard a rather jarring pronunciation of Nyarlathotep: nye-ar-LATH-ho-tep. I've always said it like this: nee-ar-la-THO-tep. Have I been wrong? ('Cuz I really don't want to piss him off.)

For that matter, here's the rest of them. Comment as desired.

Abhoth – ah-BAWTH

Atlach-Nacha – AWT-lock-NA-cha

Azathoth – AZ-ah-thoth

Bokrug – BOK-rug

Chaugnar Faugn – SHAWN-yar FAWN

Cthugha – kuh-THOO-guh

Cthulhu – kuh-THOO-loo

Eihort – EYE-hort

Ghatanothoa – gah-tah-no-THO-ah

Glaaki – GLAR-key

Hastur – HAS-ter

Ithaqua – ITH-ah-quah

Nyarlathotep – see opening paragraph

Nyogtha – Nee-OHG-thah

Quachil Uttaus – QUAH-chil OOT-tahs

Rhan-Tegoth – RAWN tih-GOTH

Shub-Niggurath – shub-NIH-goo-roth

Shudde M’ell – SHUD-duh mell

Tsathoggua – suh-THOG-gwah

Y’Golonac – yih-GO-low-nack

Yibb-Tstll – YIB-stull (...need...vowels...)

Yig – YIG (heh)

Yog-Sothoth – yawg-SO-thoth

Zhar – ZAR (maybe ZOR? Or JHAR? This one's so HARD!)

jgt7771 said:

This one is surprising, since I don't know where the R comes from. I wonder if the pronunciation guide you found was intended for people with British accents.

I've always heard Nyarlathotep pronounced like it appears in the guide.

Also, there's more than one way to pronounce Cthulhu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu#Spelling_and_pronunciation

I've pronounced it "Nyar-lat-ho-tep" (no TH sound) as hotep is an egyptian honorific meaning something like "is pleased" commonly added to names to make an association with a god.

I've always said Nyar-la-tho-tep (or "Narly"), although that bit about Egyptian suffixes is kinda cool.

As far as the correct way to pronounce it, I've always been of the impression that the names of the Old Gods are supposed to be unpronounceable by mortal tongues, so I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it. ALL pronunciations we're capable of making are wrong by default. =)

Veet said:

Though the hotep suffix also occurs in the "nye-ar-LATH-ho-tep" pronunciation.

avec said:

True, but if you take out the sufix there is no H to merge with the T. I don't think there is a difinitive answer to this question though as I have seen sources site at least 3 different ways.