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.
TIL some people pronounced it n-jinx
I mean every time I hear about the damn thing it’s because it’s been misconfigured and is causing some fucking ruckus. The whole thing is cursed so jinx really feels appropriate where I’m standing from.
I think software name pronunciation discussions are so hilariously absurd that I sometimes purposefully vocalise nginx as “Nuhh Ginks” just to put a hat on it
En Guh Inks
I pronounce k8s as k-eights sometimes on purpose to gauge the reactions
Wait do you mean “kates” or “Kay-Eights”? I think either makes sense and I wouldn’t raise an eyebrow
If you said it like “Kuhh-Eights” I would probably laugh
https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.ogg (from back when many english speakers were still insistent that the i in Linux should be pronounced “eye”)
My lead dev used to pronounce it njinx and I always needed some time to realize what he’s talking about.
similar problem with kubectl
It’s obviously kubecontrol! I will die on this hill.
Also, Containerd … Not helped by the cli nerdctl.
Hm, my guess would be either “cube control” or “cube C-T-L”.
EDIT (2025-02-28T09:02Z): Hm, actually, given that it’s for Kubernetes [1], maybe it’s “koob control” or “koob C-T-L”… [2]?
References
- Type: Documentation. Title: “Command line tool (kubectl)”. Publisher: Kubernetes. Published: 2024-01-01T21:15-08:00. Accessed: 2025-02-28T11:01Z. URI: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/.
- Type: Article. Title: “How to pronounce Kubernetes so you don’t get laughed at”. Author: “Blue Matador”. Publisher: “Blue Matador, Inc.”. Published: 2020-06-03. Accessed: 2025-02-28T11:07Z. URI: https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-to-pronounce-kubernetes.
- §“So, how do you pronounce Kubernetes?”.
Kubernetes is pronounced coo-ber-net-ees […]
- §“So, how do you pronounce Kubernetes?”.
We refer to it as kew-bee-cuttle
Now you’ll tell me it’s not pronounced Hap Roxy!
Wait till you find out about quay
En-eh hinks (with heavy Spanish accent)
I like to pronounce it as nginks like fucking inks. Yes, with a ng sound in the beginning.
Like the Vietnamese name? So… “Wininks” ?
Yes, like the Vietnamese name “Nguyen”, but not like “wininks”. The best I could describe it is as a hybrid between “ninks” and “ginks”. Pronounce the first consonant with the back of your tongue while keeping the image of pronouncing an “n” sound in your head.
Oh shit my bad, I mixed Ng and Nguyen, thanks for correcting me.
Also that’s hilarious, I’m totally trying that one with the lads Monday, they’re gonna love it :D
I split the middle with en-JIN-iks (which is how I heard it said long before I saw it written)
I’m glad there’s pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.
My colleagues were right?!
But of course they pronounce the “ine” as in brine (we are French), which is what really hurts my ears, ugh.Nginx is atrocious. I about have a stroke every time I have to work with it. Caddy is 1000x easier to set up.
Please no! Not another fucking reverse proxy. I can’t take it anymore T_T
N-gin? Cortex’s henchman???
