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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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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Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day 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.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 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 1 day ago (1 children)

Or with a Đ.

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 21 hours ago

Choosy moms choose Dzhif.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 18 hours 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.