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
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En Guh Inks
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
1000% I say gif too, like gift. If you wanted it pronounced like “jiff” then you should have spelled it with a J.
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")
This surprised me too. But that was in 2012 😂
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.
Oh boy - finally a modern internet nerd argument equivalent to the pronunciation of GIF!
And I will always pronounce SQL as “squeal”
I say PSQL as Pee Sequel
My brain first interpreted SQL as 'squirrel' and that now refuses to relinquish its claim as default pronunciation in my mind.
genius
I still say it this way in my head...
That's great actually!
The correct way is njinx because enginex is a dumb spelling and is too much like twitter
Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?
When this baby hits 200rps, you’re gonna get some hairs on your chest
I've never heard it pronounced any other way than "engine x".
I've never heard it pronounced. Which is why I also thought it was "n-jinx"
nyuh-inks
When I first encountered it, it was by hearing it. It took longer than it probably should have to recognize that when people talked about “engine x”, they meant “in-jinks”
I heard it spoken first as well, but I ended up seeing it in text form not long after. I think it would have been more confusing if that hadn't been the era of internet companies thinking they were clever if they dropped a letter (usually a vowel).
Make me
am i the only one who thought it was nyuh-inks
I thought it was pronounced N-G-N-X
NGNX, the other tetragrammaton.
Although I'm Jewish, so I should probably write it N-NX.
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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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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
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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.
even a dash, ngin-x, would do it really
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