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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.

References

Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind

[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Do you mean /ɲiɲks/?

Here are the sounds for each:

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Type: Article. Title: "Voiced palatal nasal". Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T17:37Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:58Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_nasal.
- The audio file is found by clicking "source" for the audio in the infobox.
Type Article. Title: "Voiced velar nasal". Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-09T14:27Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:59Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal.
- The audio file is found by clicking "source" for the audio in the infobox.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Nope.

[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you for verifying 🙂

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Ok so I know what ŋ sounds like but I bet there are some idiots here who don’t, so maybe explain it.

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[-] ignirtoq@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

In relation to English, it's the "ng" sound in the common "-ing" ending or suffix.

Wikipedia has an entire article on it (of course): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal

[-] bricklove@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

For some reason if you put that sound at the beginning of a word most English speakers can't say it.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I used to pronounce the name Nguyen as "ngoo-yen" until somebody told me it's pronounced "win", and i was like "What?"

[-] guillem@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

On https://www.ipachart.com/ you can click on every symbol to hear it.

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