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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. […] [1]

I still pronounce it as "n-jinx" in my head.

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  1. Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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[–] psud@aussie.zone 18 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Idiot. Using English letters to try to represent sounds they don't normally make. It didn't work for gif (pronounced commonly as gif instead of jif), why would they think it would work for them?

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (16 children)

first rule of english pronunciation: there are no rules. All that matters is if people understand what you mean when you say it.

I gave up on this discussion when you have to consider gin, generate, giraffe, gene, gym, etc

Also I pronounce it with the soft sound because that's what it sounds like in the bloody alphabet.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

so I assume you also say "jit-hub"?

[–] Molten_Moron 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, and you don't say juitar (guitar), jame (game), or jallon (gallon), either.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, because those all start with gu or ga.

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