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/.
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  • eightyEnglish
    38•1 month 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.

      • @[email protected]
        0•1 month ago

        See also ghoti (fish).

        I’ll be the first to say that English is a mess. However, there are rules, and this word breaks them.

        That “gh” never appears at the beginning of a word, always at the end (as in “enough”). That “ti” is never at the end of a word; it’s always inside (as in “nation”).

    • @[email protected]
      6•1 month 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?

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 month ago

      There actually are rules. They’re just complicated because English prefers to preserve the pronunciation of loan words without changing their spelling and English has a ton of loan words. If you ignore them, native English words are fairly consistent.