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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    • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      6·
      6 个月前

      No, it’s pronounced Jason. Douglas Crockford was just too laissez-faire to correct anyone on it probably because he didn’t give a fuck.

      • rishado@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 个月前

        If you really just say Jason instead of jaysawn/J-sohn you’re nuts and probably drive everyone crazy with that

        • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          41·
          6 个月前

          You & your buddies can keep pronouncing it jaysawn & sounding like complete dorks if it makes you feel better. However, it was clearly intended to be pronounced naturally as Jason like its inventor pronounces it.

          Believing otherwise is almost as bad as the plebs who think the symbol ∅ is inspired by Greek letter φ instead of Scandinavian letter Ø.

          • rishado@lemmy.world
            11·
            6 个月前

            Didn’t realize I was buddies with 99% of everyone that’s interacted with JSON!

            Also didn’t know people used the term ‘plebs’ unironically, you sound like an absolute joy to be around

            • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
              31·
              6 个月前

              You seem in irrational need for validation of your pronunciation despite clear justification against it. Cool ad populum. Fly that insecurity flag high.

              • rishado@lemmy.world
                21·
                6 个月前

                Buddy. The inventor’s intention is not clear justification. Language becomes what is most colloquially used. You’ll be dying on this hill 20 years from now. You argue like a redditor, insufferable

                • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
                  11·
                  6 个月前

                  There’s the original pronunciation, the suggestive spelling, the common phenomenon of punning in programming, and the natural way people pronounce it as a familiar name when they first see it. Then there’s your camp with a mythical, dorky pronunciation they pull out of nowhere and reinforce because.

                  I think people are fine to call it Jason & drive you irrationally mad.