Talk:R'lyeh

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Moved quote to Cthulhu

Using those given coordinates on Mapquest puts R'lyeh in the middle of China - is it Mapquest that's wrong or the coordinates? Or is it simply me who's completely unable to use coordinates? --Niffux 17:13, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

googlemaps This sofar is the only thing I have been able to find --The_redstar_swl 20:12, 12 July 2005 (PST)

But thats Easter Island... Mr. Quertee 17:23, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Mapquest

Either Mapquest is incorrect in plotting the coordinates or you incorrectly inputted them. I've never used Mapquest to plot Long/Lat's before, but many programs may require you to place a minus (-) before the coordinates in order to identify them as being S/W instead of N/E. I recommend using 3D World Map.

The coordinates given by Lovecraft in the "Call of Cthulu" places it in a vast expansion in the Pacific Ocean. According to my program, it's roughly 1700 miles North of the Antarctic Shelf and approximately 2300 miles west of the closest point on South America.

Google Maps agrees with the location west of the southern portion of South America. Here's a fun quote, doesn't belong on the main page but amusing nonetheless:

Most people aren't aware of the fact that UNIX actually dates back to the Cthulhuvian epoch, and was widely used in R'lyeh. The R'lyehish word fhtagn is actually a technical term, and literally means "sleeps on an event". Thus, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" literally means "in his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits blocked on I/O". -- Andrew C. Bulhak


[edit] References to Cthulhu, not R'lyeh

The following from the References section are references to Cthulhu, not R'lyeh:

* Metallica's "The Call Of Ktulu" off of Ride The Lightning is a tribute to Lovecraft's story. See [1]

* The Vision Bleak song "Kutulu!" * Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem is also a tribute to Lovecraft's story. See [2]

Miraculouschaos 00:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

Can we have some reference to how to pronounce this name? I've heard it pronounced all sorts of ways,. 20.142.32.68 22:00, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

The most common one I've heard is [r@"laI.Eh] (ruh-LYE-eh) or [r@"laI.Ex] (ruh-LYE-ekh) but I've also heard ["Er.ljEh] (ER-lyeh). Lovecraft was no Tolkien, though, and it's not clear that his spellings reflected any kind of consistent phonology. --FOo 08:59, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Bloop

"Interestingly, in 1997 US Navy operators recorded an ultra low frequency "bloop" near the same coordinates described by Lovecraft.[2]" The "bloop" is said on that link to be on coordinates 100ºW 50ºS. There is a 26 degree longitudinal gap. This is in no way "near", it's several hundred miles away. Mordac

O R'lyeh? (Sorry) Seriously though, good work noticing that.--142.165.186.154 20:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Non-Euclidean Architecture

Would it be possible to expand on this subject? It seems to be somewhat glossed over... — SheeEttin {T/C} 04:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

No, not really. - Dotdotdotdash (talk) 02:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why the part on the bloop?

Sorry, but what does that have to do with this article? Shouldn't that be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.168.152.68 (talk) 19:20, 2 September 2007 (UTC)