I hate that I always have to look these things up to not look out of place. For example nginx is engine-ex not en-jinks. They often seem intentionally hard or ambiguous to pronounce.
So as a shibboleth it mostly functions to distinguish those who discuss tech in English with their colleagues from those who do not. The latter group is quite diverse; it includes self-taught people, people communicating mostly in writing, and people who speak other languages than English with their colleagues.
> For example nginx is engine-ex not en-jinks. They often seem intentionally hard or ambiguous to pronounce.
I think it's a side-effect of the desire to create a name for your project that is both short and unique.
Wheel Of Fortune has taught us that vowels are expensive, so best not have any in your name.
Meaning if you encounter someone here that pronounces SQL as sequel you probably found a DotNet developer or at least someone that primarily focuses on Microsoft technologies.
S-Q-L is used by pretty much everyone else here.
I mostly have a background in Linux/Unix-y stuff, and I've hardly ever heard someone say "sequel" since, so this seems about right.
Not that I care either way, pronounce things however you like, but it sure can be confusing!
It all started with all good .com domains being taken, and now, here we are.
Same with Apache, since in Europe it typically gets pronounced appa-sha (as it would be in French)
I can't find a website that does the Nahuatl pronunciation, but my guess is that it's closer to the Spanish than English
> Brian Behlendorf, one of the Apache's creators, asserted that the origins of Apache were not a pun, stating:
> > The name literally came out of the blue. I wish I could say that it was something fantastic, but it was out of the blue. I put it on a page and then a few months later when this project started, I pointed people to this page and said: "Hey, what do you think of that idea?" ... Someone said they liked the name and that it was a really good pun. And I was like, "A pun? What do you mean?" He said, "Well, we're building a server out of a bunch of software patches, right? So it's a patchy Web server." I went, "Oh, all right." ... When I thought of the name, no. It just sort of connotated: "Take no prisoners. Be kind of aggressive and kick some ass."
So, no, it's based on a stereotype of a group of tribes indigenous to North America. The pun endures because the indigenous culture did not.
Probably North American native language (though there is a less-accepted theory of entirely-Spanish origin), but almost certainly not Nahuatl. Per Wikipedia, the dominant theories are Zuni and Yavapai.