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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months 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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Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I really dislike the trend of made up pronunciations. I can accept that gnome is with an audible g since that makes more sense than a silent g, but nginx can be at best similar to engine-x, but even then it's more like the n in dnd rather than en.

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[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 7 months ago

People pronounce GIF with a hard G, even though it's officially JIF, so who cares? /s, nothing agaisnt you, OP.

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 7 months ago

I split the middle with en-JIN-iks (which is how I heard it said long before I saw it written)

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 7 months ago

am i the only one who thought it was nyuh-inks

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[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

When this baby hits 200rps, you’re gonna get some hairs on your chest

[-] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Does this mean when you go into an airport bathroom and see the hand dryer, you know it's called an XLerator (ex-LAIReighter)?

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

My colleagues were right?!
But of course they pronounce the "ine" as in brine (we are French), which is what really hurts my ears, ugh.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 6 months ago

And ngrok is en-grok, not en-jii-rok...

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

The meaning kind of clicked to me the first time I've seen the word and tried to pronounce it - it ended as [ẽ.'ʒĩ 'ʃis], the first part is close enough to English [ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn] ⟨engine⟩ that the association was obvious. ([ʃis] is just the Portuguese name for ⟨X⟩.)