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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 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/.
    • §"nginx". ¶1.
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[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 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 11 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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)?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 11 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⟩.)

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

It's officially wrong, happens sometimes.

[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 2 points 11 months ago

we're going to war

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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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  1. 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.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 11 months ago

Wait till you hear about SearXNG or SxncD

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 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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