It's kind of ironic because I only learned the "correct" pronunciation when I got a boring office job at an American tech company. When I used the n00b pronunci

It's kind of ironic because I only learned the "correct" pronunciation when I got a boring office job at an American tech company. When I used the n00b pronunciation I was in college, and way more of a 1337 h4x0r. So as a shibboleth it mostly functions to distinguish those who discuss tech in English with their colleagues from those who do not. The latter group is quite diverse; it includes self-taught people, people communicating mostly in writing, and people who speak other languages than English with their colleagues. > For example nginx is engine-ex not en-jinks. They often seem intentionally hard or ambiguous to pronounce. I think it's a side-effect of the desire to create a name for your project that is both short and unique.