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

SpaceNoodle , 18 days ago

I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind

prettybunnys , 18 days ago

Ok so I know what ŋ sounds like but I bet there are some idiots here who don’t, so maybe explain it.

For them

ignirtoq , 18 days ago

In relation to English, it's the "ng" sound in the common "-ing" ending or suffix.

Wikipedia has an entire article on it (of course): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal

bricklove , 18 days ago

For some reason if you put that sound at the beginning of a word most English speakers can't say it.

zarkanian , 18 days ago

I used to pronounce the name Nguyen as "ngoo-yen" until somebody told me it's pronounced "win", and i was like "What?"

guillem , 18 days ago

On https://www.ipachart.com/ you can click on every symbol to hear it.

Kalcifer OP , 17 days ago

Do you mean /ɲiɲks/?

Here are the sounds for each:

• ɲ ^[1]^
• ŋ ^[2]^

Referencs

1. Type: Article. Title: "Voiced palatal nasal". Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T17:37Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:58Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_nasal.
   • The audio file is found by clicking "source" for the audio in the infobox.
2. 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.
   • The audio file is found by clicking "source" for the audio in the infobox.

SpaceNoodle , 17 days ago

Nope.

Kalcifer OP , 17 days ago

Thank you for verifying 🙂