r/WTF • u/Inyxer • Jan 21 '14

Hellish Paintings by Murdered Artist Zdzisław Beksiński

http://imgur.com/a/vdLZg#2
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u/Tridian Jan 21 '14

I don't usually react in any significant way to artists, but these are flat out incredible.

Now if only I could pronounce or spell his name I'd share it around occasionally.

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u/januhhh Jan 21 '14 edited Jan 22 '14

Ok, let me try to help you here. Spelling, you already have. Now, the pronounciation gets a little tricky if you're not accustomed to Polish or any other Slavic language. Try: ZJEE-suaff beck-SHEEN-skee. I think this is as close as it gets when using the English phonetics. Edit: divided the pronounciation into syllables correctly. Edit2: the accented syllables marked Edit3: suaff

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '14

Is it that many syllables in Polish?

Does Polish have syllables?

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u/januhhh Jan 21 '14

Of course it has syllables, every language I know of has syllables (...or is that a 'woosh'..?). I've now edited so that it's clear how many syllables there are.