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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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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 40 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Am I missing something? I've always pronounced it "imager". How else would you pronounce it?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 31 minutes ago

it's spelled img - ur, as in img or the shortening of image in every context. You can't shorten image any other way.

[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

1000% I say gif too, like gift. If you wanted it pronounced like “jiff” then you should have spelled it with a J.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 29 minutes ago

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.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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.
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Or with a Đ.

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Choosy moms choose Dzhif.