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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  • pyre@lemmy.world
    421·
    21 hours ago

    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

    • dan@upvote.au
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Am I missing something? I’ve always pronounced it “imager”. How else would you pronounce it?

      • pyre@lemmy.world
        5·
        8 hours ago

        as it’s spelled: im gur.

        It’s one thing to name it imgr, but putting a fucking u after the g makes it a hard g in literally every instance. the letter u is the reason the g is pronounced as a hard g in words that otherwise wouldn’t need a u: fragile / guile, digest / guest, etc.

        • tyler@programming.dev
          1·
          46 minutes ago

          it’s spelled img - ur, as in img or the shortening of image in every context. You can’t shorten image any other way.

    • iconic_admin@lemmy.world
      143·
      19 hours ago

      1000% I say gif too, like gift. If you wanted it pronounced like “jiff” then you should have spelled it with a J.

      • tyler@programming.dev
        11·
        44 minutes 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.

      • oatscoop@midwest.social
        2·
        3 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.