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always wondered, is it pronounced 'en-gin-ex' or 'N-ginx', there was a debate in my office
by kp98 7y ago
always wondered, is it pronounced 'en-gin-ex' or 'N-ginx', there was a debate in my office
- symlinkk 7y agoI was told that N-ginx is a curse word in Chinese, so I pronounce it En-Gin-Ex. I think the former is more intuitive though
- gwd 7y ago> I was told that N-ginx is a curse word in Chinese Don't know that many swear words in Chinese, but I know that that "ginks" isn't really pronouncable in Chinese. You could do "ging", but the "k" and the "s" would then need to be separate syllables; the best you could get is "en ging ke se", which isn't really close enough to "N-ginks" to be dangerous. (Similarly, "golf" ends up as three syllables: "gao er fu", plus "qiu" added to the end to clarify that it's a game involving a ball.)
- symbix 7y agoI'm pretty sure Igor Sysoev does not speak Chinese. It was "engine-x" from the very start.
- jolmg 7y agoFrom the official FAQ[1]: > How do you pronounce “NGINX”? > Correct: en-juhn-eks, Engine-X > Incorrect: en-jingks I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually an abbreviation of "engine-x", but I can't find any better source that explains how they came up with the name. Still, this source pretty much implies it. [1] https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/community/faq/#how-do-you-pronounce-nginx https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/community/faq/#how-do-y...
- alvelcom 7y agohttp://nginx.org/en/ http://nginx.org/en/ > nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev.
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