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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/.
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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And JSON is pronounced “javascripton“

[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Occasionally i feel myself longing back to the good ol' JSOFF times.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Show me the c++ book thickness

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a real book 💀

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's fantastic too!

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Oh my god it's Javascripton Bourne!

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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...

[–] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Idiot. Using English letters to try to represent sounds they don't normally make. It didn't work for gif (pronounced commonly as gif instead of jif), why would they think it would work for them?

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

first rule of english pronunciation: there are no rules. All that matters is if people understand what you mean when you say it.

I gave up on this discussion when you have to consider gin, generate, giraffe, gene, gym, etc

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

[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And I will always pronounce SQL as “squeal”

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I say PSQL as Pee Sequel

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I say FAQ as fuck you.

[–] dan@upvote.au 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some people pronounce it like "fack", and the official way to pronounce GameFAQs is "game facks"

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, I have hear this much