The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx

Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by frenchy on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:01PM (#10617646)

Are you ESL (or bilingual)? I'm curious because word-initial [ŋ] is unpronounceable to most native English speakers.

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Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by function_seven on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:14PM (#10617726)

For others like me who are phonetically-illiterate, [ŋ] is explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasal

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Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by evincarofautumn on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:13PM (#10617719)

I’m a native English speaker with a background in phonetics and a silly brain. I speak several languages very poorly. :)

Rather like Larry Wall:

> I started trying to teach myself Japanese about 10 years ago, and I could speak it quite well, because of my phonology and phonetics training–but it’s very hard for me to understand what anybody says. So I can go to Japan and ask for directions, but I can’t really understand the answers!

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Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by cgag on Monday November 23, 2015 @06:29PM (#10618104)

Everyone I've asked about how they initially pronounced nginx said "enjinx". Maybe 4 people total, all native english speakers.

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