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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 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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  1. Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also I pronounce it with the soft sound because that's what it sounds like in the bloody alphabet.

How do you pronounce the words "Cat celebration?" Is it "Kat kelebration" or "sat selebration?" I'm guessing the latter since that's how C is pronounced in the bloody alphabet?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i pronounce "gay" as "jay-why" because of the bloody alphabet

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Good thing you're not German or gay would be "Guh-ypsilon."