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

submitted 4 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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[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

I like to pronounce it as nginks like fucking inks. Yes, with a ng sound in the beginning.

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[-] Dultas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Wait till you find out about quay

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

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

[-] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No ^[1.1]^.

EDIT 2025-02-28T10:17Z: Actually, @Aatube@kbin.melroy.org, I was wrong in my initial interpretation ^[1.2]^. So, from what I can tell, you are, in actuality, the only one itt! 😊

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Type: Post. "TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"". Author: "Kalcifer" @Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works. Publisher: "Programmer Humor" !programmer_humor@programming.dev. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-26T23:27:35Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588.
1. Type: Comment. Author: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. Published: 2025-02-27T00:18:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16948274.
  - I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind
2. Type: Comment. Author: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. Published: 2025-02-28T09:09:54. Accessed: 2025-02-28T10:24Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16975245.
  
  Nope.
  - The thread from which that quote originated was as follows:
    
    TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" […]
    
    I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind
    
    Do you mean /ɲiɲks/? […]
    
    Nope.

[-] pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Omg really was someone pronouncing like "njinks"??? Wtf is wrong with you lol

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

Don’t wanna yuck y’all’s yum but gross

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 4 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⟩.)