Lovecraft's Flaw

I am a writer, so words fascinate me. Their meanings, their sound, the way they are strung together. At times in history, there have been writers who transcend mediocrity and bring us their brilliance. Writers such as: Paul, Job, Jastrow, Shelley, King, Tolkien, Lewis. But there was another, a literary phenom in his own right, a man who dwelled in poverty but whose black light shone brightly.
H.P. Lovecraft.
Madness fell from his mind and onto the page. He saw things no one else saw. What his dialogue lacked in substance, his prose made up for in sheer power. But one thing the great H.P. Lovecraft could not do was:
Spell.
I mean, good God man, what was wrong with him? I think he took Scrabble pieces, threw them into the air, and let them fall. Whatever words they formed on the ground, those became the names of his characters. Let's take a look.

Nyarlathotep. Was he trying to say Im-Ho-Tep and got lost? C'mon, man. Next.

Yog-Sothoth. Huh? Yogi's socks are off?

Cthulu. Bless you. Sounds like a tongue-less man saying 'Cool Hand Luke'.

And lastly, be careful with this one, Shub-Niggurath. If you put the accent on 'gur', you will be okay.
This phenomenon of tossing letters into the air did not end with Lovecraft. His friend Clark Ashton Smith did the same. Tsathoggua, for example. What the hell is a Tsathoggua anyway? And this one is from the left over cubes of Boggle: Baoht Z'uqqa-Mogg.
Yikes.
Lovecraft was a genius, but he had a flaw. No one is perfect, but this was reprehensible. No one knows what I'm talking about when I say Ghatanothoa! Blast you, Lovecraft, and your Wgah'nagl!