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Originally Posted by greatdane
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Out of curiosity, what's the deal with the former owner? Only ever heard that there was some big scandal or something, never the details. *popcorn*
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Well, he can't spell his own name at any rate, assuming he's named after H.P Lovecraft's "Cthulhu".
"Spelling and pronunciation
Cthulhu has also been spelled as Tulu, Clulu, Clooloo, Cthulu, C'thulhu, Cighulu, Cathulu, C'thlu, Kathulu, Kutulu, Kthulhu, Q’thulu, K'tulu, Kthulhut, Kulhu, Kutunluu, Ktulu, Cuitiliú, Thu Thu,[2] and in many other ways. It is often preceded by the epithet Great, Dead, or Dread.
Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of Cthulhu as "Khlûl'-hloo" (IPA: [ˈχɬʊl.ɬuː] ?).[3][4] S. T. Joshi points out, however, that Lovecraft gave several differing pronunciations on different occasions.[5] According to Lovecraft, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language.[6] Long after Lovecraft's death, the pronunciation kə-THOO-loo (IPA: /kəˈθuːluː/) became common, and the game Call of Cthulhu endorsed it."
There's a lot of options there, so even if the proper name got rejected you could still employ a legitimate corruption. Though I suppose most players are largely indifferent to their character names.