Programmer Humor

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

I laughed out loud when I first learned that imgur is supposed to be pronounced as "imager'... well you fuckin chose the wrong combination of letters for that didn't ya

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")

The correct way is njinx because enginex is a dumb spelling and is too much like twitter

This surprised me too. But that was in 2012 😂

And I will always pronounce SQL as “squeal”

I've always pronounced it "In-jen-iks". I blame Jurassic Park and it's fictional biotech company InGen, but it does kinda also sound like "eugenics". But I dunno man, if you want everyone to pronounce your software a specific way maybe spell it in a manner where the pronunciation is more obvious? Just a thought.

Oh boy - finally a modern internet nerd argument equivalent to the pronunciation of GIF!

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

I've never heard it pronounced any other way than "engine x".

Make me

I thought it was pronounced N-G-N-X

As always, first impressions count. There is no way I'm starting to call it engine x now, except for fun.

I always pronounced it engine-x (fluent as one word) but never thought of it meaning engine lol

n gin x -> en gin ex -> "enginex" spoken, nginx thought

btrfs -> butterface

And GIF is pronounced GIF

If you want people to pronounce your project name correctly you should spell it that way. Having a FAQ on pronunciation means you've messed up and lost already. Want it to be called "Engine X"? Call it "Engine X".

My favourite is SAP not wanting people to call it Sap but to spell it out S.A.P. Well sorry, but it's a CVC word, literally the first kind of word everyone learns.