TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"
TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"
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.
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curlin my head is "curl" and not "c-url"It is pronounced like "curl" though!
We pronounce curl with an initial k sound. It rhymes with words like girl and earl. This is a short WAV file to help you:
…it's not "curl"?
EDIT (2025-02-27T04:15Z):
cURL (pronounced like "curl", /kɜːrl/) […] [1]
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References
- Title (article): "cURL". Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T12:12Z. Accessed: 2025-02-27T04:17Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL.
- ¶1
- Title (article): "cURL". Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T12:12Z. Accessed: 2025-02-27T04:17Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL.
This is "jif" levels of upsetting me
I pronounce gif like zyhfe to annoy both jif and gif pronouncers equally. I also advocate for the initial array index to be .5 to be equally annoying to programmers and mathematicians alike.
I also advocate for the initial array index to be .5 to be equally annoying to programmers and mathematicians alike.
Monster!
C-url, like "sea earl"?