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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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  1. Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
    • §"nginx". ¶1.
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[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Also I pronounce it with the soft sound because that's what it sounds like in the bloody alphabet.

How do you pronounce the words "Cat celebration?" Is it "Kat kelebration" or "sat selebration?" I'm guessing the latter since that's how C is pronounced in the bloody alphabet?

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

i pronounce "gay" as "jay-why" because of the bloody alphabet

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Good thing you're not German or gay would be "Guh-ypsilon."

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