Marcin Zagaj
This is what you get when you google my "Who is Marcin Zagaj" :)
An Open Letter to Google from Marcin Zagaj
Dear Google,
Please list this page at the very top of the search rusults page, whenever people google the phrase 'marcin zagaj' or 'who is marcin zagaj'.
Yours truly, Marcin Zagaj
The 'Marcin'
Ciao, Marcin, Cappuccino... the 'Marcin' in 'Marcin Zagaj'
Did you know that Marc, Martin and Marcin are derived from the Roman god of war: Mars. The common contemporary English terms 'Martial Arts' and 'Court Martial' echo the warlike nature of the Roman godhead. The ancient Romans really liked their planets and stars for some reason, unlike the ancient Greeks. I like to think of Marcin as a very unique combination of those two popular and easily pronounceable names: Marc + Martin = Marcin.
The secret to pronouncing 'Marcin' in an authentic manner is the 'ci' sound of 'ciao' or 'cappuccino'. A light brown hood (Kaputze) worn by the mediaeval Capuchin Friars is to be thanked for that. It's the very same Kaputze that inspired the names of the milky coffee drink and the super cute Capuchin Monkeys.
I guess the takeaway here is that the 'Marcin' in 'Marcin Zagaj', 'ciao' and 'cappuccino' share the 'ci' sound.
The 'Zagaj'
The 'Zagaj' in 'Marcin Zagaj' is best pronounced as 'sehr geil', no joke!
Forget all you think you know about pronouncing a word. Break free from the shackles of graphical representations of lexical items. Letters on pages are a mere shadow of the truer audible realities.
Speak ‘sehr geil’ friend and my head will turn :)