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

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 4 months ago

Wait till you find out about quay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

En-eh hinks (with heavy Spanish accent)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

When this baby hits 200rps, you’re gonna get some hairs on your chest

[–] [email protected] 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⟩.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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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