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 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
