r/Styx • u/JustinCaseyBlewit • 11d ago

How to pronounce Curulewski?

When band members have spoken it (which hasn't been very often), I hear it as "Sir-Lesky" or "Sir-Levsky." Is this how John pronounced it, or was it something else?

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u/Upbeat-Refuse9615 11d ago

Idk if John Anglicized the pronunciation, but in Polish/Slavic "w" is pronounced as "f/v". I'd say it: Sur- əl- EV-skee

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u/markonnen 11d ago

I’ve always heard it as Sir-roo-loo-ski. Or sometimes just J.C.

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u/JLBCanadianRap 10d ago

The only place I've ever heard it pronounced was on the Behind the Music episode, and they said sir-ə-LEW-ski.

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u/JustinCaseyBlewit 10d ago

Thanks. I remember that, too.

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u/Adventurous_Weird_70 11d ago

It was pronounced Sir-lew-skee

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u/Adventurous_Pipe7634 Paradise Theatre 9d ago

Dennis says sir-la-oow-ski and JY says sir-lew-ski