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Thank you. I had no idea that PNG was supposed to be pronounced "Ping" (I always say Pee Enn Gee)

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QT should be pronounced "cute", but I say "queue-tee".

Linux is pronounced with a short i, but most americans say "lie-nux". As a german I say "Lee-nux".

Xing is allegedly pronounced "crossing", but I say "ksing".

Also surprised at the number of people who call nginx "en jinx" instead of "engine x"

It really surprises you that names based on cute misspellings that are effectively unpronouncable when taken at face value get pronounced differently by different people?

If Syosev wanted people to pronounce it "engine x", he should have called it "engine x".

> Xing is allegedly pronounced "crossing", but I say "ksing".

Got any info on this? I've heard this only several times (i.e. rarely). Always from people who are used to the "crossing" signs, but never from anybody else.

> QT should be pronounced "cute", but I say "queue-tee".

I think we would say "queue-tee" if it was QT instead of Qt. To me, "cute" makes more sense for "Qt".

Really? I have always though it is a mashup of "Linus Torvalds Unix Clone" so always used the long 'i' the same as his name.

Here's a video of Linus pronouncing his name and Linux (sorry, it kind of cuts out at the end, but you can get the gist):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0

I'm an American and I catch hell from other Americans when I say "lie-nux." Considering we pronounce Linus as "lie-nus" I really don't see the issue. The recordings of Linus pronouncing it in two non-English languages have a subtle "ee" in there and I don't expect my peers to say "leenux" - they'll drop to the short "ih" sound.

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