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

submitted 9 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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[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Wait till you find out about quay

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

I just kind of knew that, but not sure how.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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)?

[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Um das mal phonetisch zu schreiben: Es würd sich ungefähr wie "en dschinks" auf Deutsch anhören.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 9 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⟩.)

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 8 months ago

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

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 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.

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