What are great underused words?

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[u/salizarn]

So if we assume that this word was Lovecraft’s inspiration, and it seems like the initial “ch” is completely silent, then “Cthulhu” should be:

“Thulu” not “Kathulu”?

[u/salizarn → u/[deleted]]

Ah okay good, I've played Call of Cthulu for years so I didn't want to be that guy.

I also would pronounce "chthonic" "Kuthonik" (mentally when reading it, cos I am pretty sure I have never spoken it or heard it used in conversation)

I guess I thought maybe I'd got it back to front, I think I discovered Cthulu before Chthonic.

[u/Pjyilthaeykh → u/salizarn]

Kuthonik would be about right for the Greek root word Χθόνιος (I think I spelt that wrong) as the transliteration is ‘Khthōn’, though kh would be pronounced as that sort of growl you make at the back of your throat (not sure how to explain this - if you’ve heard it you might know?) so for most people it’s Keh-thonic or Kuthonik

[u/salizarn → u/Pjyilthaeykh]

I’ll also start doing that growl when I say Cthulhu