Luxeon pronunciation?

Hey everyone, I've done a bit of searching on CPF and elsewhere on how "Luxeon" should be pronounced, and came up emptyhanded. I'm not sure how most people say it, so here's my guesses:

1) luck-see-un (probably the one, which is exactly the way it looks)

2) luck-she-un (some people put the "sh" in words with x in it, right?)

3) lou-shin (yeah, this one's pretty far fetched, eh?)

4) lou-zee-un (like how xenon has the "zee" sound, but again it seems far fetched)

I bet I'm giving you all a good laugh /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif but I just want to know that in my mind, I'm pronouncing it right. Maybe this hasn't even been discussed yet?

Thanks... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Here's my guess and how I've been saying it:

lucks-ee-un, or when saying it fast lucks-un.

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Well I have heard many say it and I would sugest considering lux and eon. As in lucks-e-on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif

How about.... Luck See Yawn ? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

i've always called them lux-un's...

boy wouldn't it be embarrising to go to a flashlight convention and realize that you've been pronouncing the name wrong for the past 2 years?!?! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

well you guys better start calling them lux-uns, because saying it any other way gives me the heebeejeebees. :shudder:

People I work with pronounce it "Damn thats bright".

Always thought it was "Lux - e - on" with a long e.

lux-en

My neighbor works for Agilent (one of the partners in Lumileds) and pronounced it lucks-ee-on with the ephesis on the first sylable.

Daniel

The LumiLEDs seminar folks (maker of Luxeon) pronounced it Lucks-ze-ons

well that sucks...

when i meet you guys in person, please understand that when i say "luxun", i mean luxeon /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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JonSidneyB said:
People I work with pronounce it "Damn thats bright".

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Lux_E_N

Raven

I thought it was Luke see ahn LVX latin for light is pronounced Lukes I thought....I just figured it was related.

No, it's a silent "e"

So it's pronounced "Lux _ on"

I've always pronounced it "LUCKS ee on" or "LUCKS ee un", with emphasis on the first syllable.
Just my 2¢ here; individual results may vary.

Hey,
At least most of us can spell it right most of the time! It's a good thing that the artist formerly known as Prince didn't name the dang LED! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

I pronounce "Lux éon laide", the word in french for "not very nice" in English /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinser2.gif
But I am not an example for American's pronounciation /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif

Strange, I iniatially assumed "lukes-on"

No, that does not mean "not very nice" (in my limited knowledge).

Since I never discuss it outside of this forum, I don't think I've ever had to say it out loud. When I read it though, I always hear it as lux-ee-on.
It could be one of those "tricky" words, like timbre. I still mispronounce that one in my head. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif