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
- Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §“nginx”. ¶1.
suddenly it all makes sense.
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.
I thought it was pronounced N-G-N-X
As always, first impressions count. There is no way I’m starting to call it engine x now, except for fun.
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
hnn-geenks
Saying nginx with a “hard g” can get you into some real trouble…
It’s, ummm, literally the first thing on the website (nginx.org). Tell me you didn’t read the docs without telling me you didn’t read the docs
the docs are under documentation, not on the homepage tho
And GIF is pronounced GIF
PNG is pronounced “PING!”
Lo and behold,
P[i]NG
careful there buddy
My workplace calls it “n-jinx”, we know its nonstandard but its still what is understood by the team.
I’m not sure what the English pronunciation of “n-jinx” sounds like but I’m pronouncing it “engines” as in plural of engine.
Um das mal phonetisch zu schreiben: Es würd sich ungefähr wie “en dschinks” auf Deutsch anhören.
en-dschiniks
- “n-jinx” wäre “en dschinks”
- “engine x” wäre “endschin iks”
I’ve always pronounced it “not-Apache”
“nnnnn-ghinks”
I just kind of knew that, but not sure how.
It’s pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove
You are a very silly man and I’m not going to interview you.
It took a while for me to get it, but it still read ngnix as “n.g. -nix” in my head.
