Programmer Humor

I've never heard it pronounced any other way than "engine x".

The correct way is njinx because enginex is a dumb spelling and is too much like twitter

Make me

I thought it was pronounced N-G-N-X

As always, first impressions count. There is no way I'm starting to call it engine x now, except for fun.

And GIF is pronounced GIF

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.

btrfs -> butterface

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

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

I've always pronounced it "not-Apache"

am i the only one who thought it was nyuh-inks

And JSON is pronounced “javascripton“

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...

My workplace calls it "n-jinx", we know its nonstandard but its still what is understood by the team.

hnn-geenks

I've been pronouncing it N-gin-X, which is probably close enough once slurred together

If you want people to pronounce your project name correctly you should spell it that way. Having a FAQ on pronunciation means you've messed up and lost already. Want it to be called "Engine X"? Call it "Engine X".

My favourite is SAP not wanting people to call it Sap but to spell it out S.A.P. Well sorry, but it's a CVC word, literally the first kind of word everyone learns.

like how curl in my head is "curl" and not "c-url"