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.
References
- Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §“nginx”. ¶1.
hnn-geenks
Saying nginx with a “hard g” can get you into some real trouble…
btrfs -> butterface
It’s, ummm, literally the first thing on the website (nginx.org). Tell me you didn’t read the docs without telling me you didn’t read the docs
And GIF is pronounced GIF
PNG is pronounced “PING!”
careful there buddy
My workplace calls it “n-jinx”, we know its nonstandard but its still what is understood by the team.
I’m not sure what the English pronunciation of “n-jinx” sounds like but I’m pronouncing it “engines” as in plural of engine.
Um das mal phonetisch zu schreiben: Es würd sich ungefähr wie “en dschinks” auf Deutsch anhören.
en-dschiniks
- “n-jinx” wäre “en dschinks”
- “engine x” wäre “endschin iks”
I’ve always pronounced it “not-Apache”
I just kind of knew that, but not sure how.
“nnnnn-ghinks”
It took a while for me to get it, but it still read ngnix as “n.g. -nix” in my head.
I called it n-jinx once. felt embarrassed for myself as soon as I said it.
called it engine-x ever since.
It’s pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove
You are a very silly man and I’m not going to interview you.
like how
curlin my head is “curl” and not “c-url”C-url, like “sea earl”?
It is pronounced like “curl” though!
We pronounce curl with an initial k sound. It rhymes with words like girl and earl. This is a short WAV file to help you:
…it’s not “curl”?
EDIT (2025-02-27T04:15Z):
cURL (pronounced like “curl”, /kɜːrl/) […] [1]
🤔
References
- Title (article): “cURL”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T12:12Z. Accessed: 2025-02-27T04:17Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL.
- ¶1
- Title (article): “cURL”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T12:12Z. Accessed: 2025-02-27T04:17Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL.
This is “jif” levels of upsetting me
