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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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[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 months ago

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

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 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.

[-] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[-] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure what the English pronunciation of "n-jinx" sounds like but I'm pronouncing it "engines" as in plural of engine.

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[-] seth_arimainyu@ieji.de 1 points 5 months ago

@Kalcifer And
(At least in some LATAM places) SQL is "pronounced" as SEQUEL...

[-] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 5 months ago

N-gin? Cortex's henchman???

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

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