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.
There’s a linux file called fstab which is often pronounced f-s-tab because it’s a table of file systems. It was somewhat surprising to hear Dave Plummer pronounce it as “f-stab”, as in stabbing someone…
f-s-tab is feeble. Unsatisfactory. Bureaucratic.
f-stab is jocose. Nonchalant. Sharp.
Is that pronounced as gokoze?
N-jinks is silly, f-stab is cool.
“F-stab” is just more fun to say.
Whereas fsck, short for “file system check”, should be pronounced “fisk” when someone in a suit is around, otherwise it’s “fuck”.
f*ck. You can even occasionally get away with spelling it like this
it kinda ends up as “fsuck” for me, which is apt-get when it doesn’t magically fix all my filesystem issues
It’s ef sock in my head
With the issues i had in the past with fstab, the desire to stab someone was certainly provoked.
Insert dank Winnie the Pooh meme here for F-STAB
That’s… Unfortunate.
It’ll forever be F-stab in my head
I was a non violent youth when I first saw an fstab, perhaps that got me thinking “F S tab”
I’ve been pronouncing it N-gin-X, which is probably close enough once slurred together
I always called it “in-gen-ix”, which doesn’t even make sense now that I think about it.
Unless you’re from New Zealand
Uhn-jun-uhks in NZ TYVM.
I think software name pronunciation discussions are so hilariously absurd that I sometimes purposefully vocalise nginx as “Nuhh Ginks” just to put a hat on it
I pronounce k8s as k-eights sometimes on purpose to gauge the reactions
Wait do you mean “kates” or “Kay-Eights”? I think either makes sense and I wouldn’t raise an eyebrow
If you said it like “Kuhh-Eights” I would probably laugh
En Guh Inks
It’s short enough I just spell it out
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 laughed out loud when I first learned that imgur is supposed to be pronounced as "imager’… well you fuckin chose the wrong combination of letters for that didn’t ya
Am I missing something? I’ve always pronounced it “imager”. How else would you pronounce it?
as it’s spelled: im gur.
It’s one thing to name it imgr, but putting a fucking u after the g makes it a hard g in literally every instance. the letter u is the reason the g is pronounced as a hard g in words that otherwise wouldn’t need a u: fragile / guile, digest / guest, etc.
it’s spelled img - ur, as in
imgor the shortening ofimagein every context. You can’t shortenimageany other way.it’s spelled img - ur
no, it’s spelled imgur. I know what img stands for which is why I said it would be one thing to call it imgr. the u doesn’t make sense and it hardens the g. it’s funny that you talk about how it’s customary that img stands for image but you act like ‘ur’ is also a thing by itself.
well it is, just not in that way. if your img-ur breakup made any sense for pronouncing img as if it’s independent then why not consider what ur stands for? it’s a shortening of your or you’re. so why not pronounce it image your? because it’s bullshit and the spelling is ridiculous.
as it’s spelled: im gur.
“I’m gur”?
Tony… Is that you?
1000% I say gif too, like gift. If you wanted it pronounced like “jiff” then you should have spelled it with a J.
jif was copyrighted. gif was literally named after the peanut butter. it came with a jingle “choosy developers choose gif”. How many different forms of proof do you need.
Or with a Đ.
Choosy moms choose Dzhif.
I flew from Jermany to Tanzania and saw some jeriatric jiraffes.
I say it “Jif” because:
- That’s what the format’s creator named it.
- It’s weird, but “soft G” is a thing and acronyms and the only “rule” for pronouncing acronyms is “it’s easy to say”.
- It annoys people that are way too invested in it. Sure, it’s immature – but it’s low stakes and not particularly “shitty”. I enjoy it and you only YOLO once.
hnn-geenks
Saying nginx with a “hard g” can get you into some real trouble…
Is that rap slang if you’re referring to a lady? 😬🫣
Getting into documentation is dangerous territory… Try not to make a habit of it!
I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind
Ok so I know what ŋ sounds like but I bet there are some idiots here who don’t, so maybe explain it.
For them
On https://www.ipachart.com/ you can click on every symbol to hear it.
In relation to English, it’s the “ng” sound in the common “-ing” ending or suffix.
Wikipedia has an entire article on it (of course): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal
For some reason if you put that sound at the beginning of a word most English speakers can’t say it.
I used to pronounce the name Nguyen as “ngoo-yen” until somebody told me it’s pronounced “win”, and i was like “What?”
Do you mean /ɲiɲks/?
Here are the sounds for each:
Referencs
- Type: Article. Title: “Voiced palatal nasal”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T17:37Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:58Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_nasal.
- The audio file is found by clicking “source” for the audio in the infobox.
- Type Article. Title: “Voiced velar nasal”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-09T14:27Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:59Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal.
- The audio file is found by clicking “source” for the audio in the infobox.
Nope.
Thank you for verifying 🙂
- Type: Article. Title: “Voiced palatal nasal”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T17:37Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:58Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_nasal.
“Nugginx” is how I have always read it
As a scandi Iv’e been leaning more into ‘enginks’ - close to ‘engangs’ and french kinks.
I always pronounced it engine-x (fluent as one word) but never thought of it meaning engine lol
n gin x -> en gin ex -> “enginex” spoken, nginx thought
Putting the gin in Nginx.
Wow, I pronounced it N-G-X. Don’t know why.
I’m glad there’s pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.
am i the only one who thought it was nyuh-inks
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! 😊
References
- 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.
- Type: Comment. Author: @[email protected]. Published: 2025-02-27T00:18:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16948274.
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I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind
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- 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.
- The thread from which that quote originated was as follows:
- Type: Comment. Author: @[email protected]. Published: 2025-02-27T00:18:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16948274.
- 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.
