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[GitHub] [arrow] westonpace commented on a diff in pull request #13207: ARROW-16626: [C++] Name the C++ streaming execution engine

westonpace commented on code in PR #13207:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/13207#discussion_r881941411


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docs/source/cpp/overview.rst:
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@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ reference.
 **Kernels** are specialized computation functions running in a loop over a
 given set of datums representing input and output parameters to the functions.
 
+**Acero** (pronounced AH-serr-oh) is a streaming execution engine that allows computation to be expressed

Review Comment:
   If we're modeling after the [Spanish word](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1cero) then it seems we would want `ˈa.se.ɾo` but I agree I've been pronouncing it internally as `ʌˈsɜroʊ` (`Uh-serr-oh`).
   
   I also agree with Will that IPA is somewhat intimidating to the layman.  Perhaps we can do both versions?



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