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.

References
  1. Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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  • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
    18·
    14 days ago

    Idiot. Using English letters to try to represent sounds they don’t normally make. It didn’t work for gif (pronounced commonly as gif instead of jif), why would they think it would work for them?

    • eighty@aussie.zoneEnglish
      22·
      14 days ago

      first rule of english pronunciation: there are no rules. All that matters is if people understand what you mean when you say it.

      I gave up on this discussion when you have to consider gin, generate, giraffe, gene, gym, etc

      Also I pronounce it with the soft sound because that’s what it sounds like in the bloody alphabet.

      • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
        10·
        14 days ago

        See also ghoti (fish). English orthography only works by agreement, not rules

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        6·
        14 days ago

        Also I pronounce it with the soft sound because that’s what it sounds like in the bloody alphabet.

        How do you pronounce the words “Cat celebration?” Is it “Kat kelebration” or “sat selebration?” I’m guessing the latter since that’s how C is pronounced in the bloody alphabet?