Programmer Humor

I split the middle with en-JIN-iks (which is how I heard it said long before I saw it written)

similar problem with kubectl

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")

This surprised me too. But that was in 2012 😂

And I will always pronounce SQL as “squeal”

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

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.

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

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

Wait, so this isn't a testosterone supplement?

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.

And GIF is pronounced GIF

btrfs -> butterface

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