I like to pronounce it as nginks like fucking inks. Yes, with a ng sound in the beginning.
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Now you'll tell me it's not pronounced Hap Roxy!
I split the middle with en-JIN-iks (which is how I heard it said long before I saw it written)
similar problem with kubectl
Hm, my guess would be either "cube control" or "cube C-T-L".
EDIT (2025-02-28T09:02Z): Hm, actually, given that it's for Kubernetes ^[1]^, maybe it's "koob control" or "koob C-T-L"… ^[2]^?
References
- Type: Documentation. Title: "Command line tool (kubectl)". Publisher: Kubernetes. Published: 2024-01-01T21:15-08:00. Accessed: 2025-02-28T11:01Z. URI: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/.
- Type: Article. Title: "How to pronounce Kubernetes so you don’t get laughed at". Author: "Blue Matador". Publisher: "Blue Matador, Inc.". Published: 2020-06-03. Accessed: 2025-02-28T11:07Z. URI: https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-to-pronounce-kubernetes.
- §"So, how do you pronounce Kubernetes?".
Kubernetes is pronounced coo-ber-net-ees […]
- §"So, how do you pronounce Kubernetes?".
We refer to it as kew-bee-cuttle
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.
1000% I say gif too, like gift. If you wanted it pronounced like “jiff” then you should have spelled it with a J.
Or with a Đ.
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
En Guh Inks
https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.ogg (from back when many english speakers were still insistent that the i in Linux should be pronounced "eye")
And I will always pronounce SQL as “squeal”
I say PSQL as Pee Sequel
I say FAQ as fuck you.
Some people pronounce it like "fack", and the official way to pronounce GameFAQs is "game facks"
My brain first interpreted SQL as 'squirrel' and that now refuses to relinquish its claim as default pronunciation in my mind.
genius
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This surprised me too. But that was in 2012 😂
Oh boy - finally a modern internet nerd argument equivalent to the pronunciation of GIF!
I've never heard it pronounced any other way than "engine x".
I started using it around 2006, and even back then it listed the pronunciation on the site.
I've never heard it pronounced. Which is why I also thought it was "n-jinx"
nyuh-inks
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I've always pronounced it "In-jen-iks". I blame Jurassic Park and it's fictional biotech company InGen, but it does kinda also sound like "eugenics". But I dunno man, if you want everyone to pronounce your software a specific way maybe spell it in a manner where the pronunciation is more obvious? Just a thought.
am i the only one who thought it was nyuh-inks
No ^[1.1]^.
EDIT 2025-02-28T10:17Z: Actually, @Aatube@kbin.melroy.org, I was wrong in my initial interpretation ^[1.2]^. So, from what I can tell, you are, in actuality, the only one itt! 😊
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- Type: Post. "TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"". Author: "Kalcifer" @Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works. Publisher: "Programmer Humor" !programmer_humor@programming.dev. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-26T23:27:35Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588.
- Type: Comment. Author: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. 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: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. 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: @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. Published: 2025-02-27T00:18:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16948274.
The correct way is njinx because enginex is a dumb spelling and is too much like twitter
Make me
Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?
When this baby hits 200rps, you’re gonna get some hairs on your chest
As always, first impressions count. There is no way I'm starting to call it engine x now, except for fun.
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