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When I hear the word shibboleth for some reason I think of Cthulu. Like, if Yog Sothoth and Shib-Nuggarath had a baby, they'd name it shibboleth.
by dekhn 3y ago
When I hear the word shibboleth for some reason I think of Cthulu. Like, if Yog Sothoth and Shib-Nuggarath had a baby, they'd name it shibboleth.
- joe-collins 3y agoI suspect that was intentional. Lovecraft and many of his peers were anti-Semitic, and crafting names for cosmic horrors that vaguely sounded like Hebrew would mesh with that.
- mock-possum 3y agoWest wing, for me: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fqkaBEWPH18 https://youtube.com/watch?v=fqkaBEWPH18
- kombookcha 3y agoThe shoggoth is also in the neighbourhood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth