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
  1. Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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  • rishado@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    No, there’s only two categories here.

    The original pronunciation, Jason, and the natural way, being jaysawn. Literally acknowledged by Crawford:

    “Douglas Crockford, who named and promoted the JSON format, says it’s pronounced like the name Jason. But somehow, ‘JAY-sawn’[note 1] seems to have become more common in the technical community.”

    I wonder why it became more common? Could it be that jay-sawn is the “natural way people pronounce it”? No, it must be a bunch of dorks that pronounce it wrong just because, right?

    • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      it must be a bunch of dorks that pronounce it wrong just because, right?

      Yep: I often see people try to “correct” learners at bootcamps pronouncing it Jason. The fact people pronounce it Jason until told otherwise tells us which is more natural. The “correction”, in contrast, is a myth that must be learned.

      Acknowledging something happens doesn’t endorse it, and Crawford never endorsed your pronunciation as natural. As I suggested earlier, he said “I strictly don’t care”. Jason is a completely reasonable & natural pronunciation.