That's how I've heard it pronounced in the US. Emphasis on the second
syllable -- lu-CENE -- kind of like Lucille.
Believe it or not, a quick search yielded:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg04495.html
:-)
DaveG
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From: dozean@gmx.de [mailto:dozean@gmx.de]
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:35 PM
To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: thinking about the pronunciation of lucene
Thank you for your answer!
I know the people in Germany pronounce it thatway!
But what's with the people in the USA or United Kingdom?
I'm interested!!!!
Thanks in forward!
Bye
Goldschmidt, Dave wrote:
>Yes, a lot like "lucy" with an "n" :-)
>
>"Lu" as in the German "du" -- then "cene" with the strong "s" as in
>"bis" or "es" and then an "ien" sound as in "Dienst" that kind of
rhymes
>with "Berlin"
>
>Auf wiedersehen,
>
>DaveG
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dozean@gmx.de [mailto:dozean@gmx.de]
>Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 2:58 PM
>To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
>Subject: thinking about the pronunciation of lucene
>
>Hi,
>
>today we talk about the pronunciation of Lucene.
>So... i'm from Germany.
>And the pronunciation of Lucene we use here is like it would be a
Frensh
>
>word.
>That means we don't pronounce the "e" in the end of the word.
>Like the name "lucy" with the add of the "n".
>
>Is this the wrong way to pronounce it?
>How should we do it? :)
>
>Bye Derya
>
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