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

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

No ^[1.1]^.

EDIT 2025-02-28T10:17Z: Actually, @[email protected], 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" @[email protected]. Publisher: "Programmer Humor" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-26T23:27:35Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588.
1. Type: Comment. Author: @[email protected]. 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: @[email protected]. 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.