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

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

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

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

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

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

I split the middle with en-JIN-iks (which is how I heard it said long before I saw it written)

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

En-eh hinks (with heavy Spanish accent)

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

Wait till you find out about quay

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (3 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.

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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)?

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