The writing accompanying this oddity was, aside from a stack of press cuttings, in Professor Angell's most recent hand; and made no pretense to literary style. What seemed to be the main document was headed 'CTHULHU CULT' in characters painstakingly printed to avoid the erroneous reading of a word so unheard-of.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A document headed CTHULHU CULT was written in plain, non-literary style to avoid errors.
- In plain terms
- A rough document named CTHULHU CULT was written plainly to avoid reading mistakes.
- What can you take from it?
- Sensitive topics may require plain writing to avoid misinterpretation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why write plainly for such names?
- What risks come with these words?
Another view
It treats a fictional document as evidence of a real entity.
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