TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 7 minutes ago

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, maybe it’s “koob control” or “koob C-T-L”…?

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 hours ago

Do you mean /ɲiɲks/?

Here are the sounds for each:

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- The audio file is found by clicking “source” for the audio in the infobox.
Type Article. Title: “Voiced velar nasal”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-09T14:27Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:59Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal.
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Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 3 hours ago

No ^[1].

References

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I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 1 day ago

…it’s not “curl”?

EDIT (2025-02-27T04:15Z):

cURL (pronounced like “curl”, /kɜːrl/) […] [1]

🤔

References

Title (article): “cURL”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T12:12Z. Accessed: 2025-02-27T04:17Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL.
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Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 1 day ago

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 8 days ago

“The President has invited you to the Gulf of Laogai.”

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