# How exactly is NGINX spelled? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [December 15, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126 "2012-12-15T22:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126/1 "2012-12-15T22:38:54Z")
Hi, this got me thinking: - [nginx.com](http://nginx.com) says “NGINX” in all-caps on the frontpage, - the page with the links to FAQ and handbook also spells it like “NGINX” - at least three times out of four - the FAQ itself spells it “nginx”. - sometimes you also see Nginx… Can someone with an [nginx.com](http://nginx.com) email-address spell it out for once? 😉 Best Regards Rainer ---
**Author:** ![Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rainer_D)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126/2 "2012-12-15T23:05:11Z")
2012/12/15 Rainer D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Can someone with an [nginx.com](http://nginx.com) email-address spell it out for once? Relating to Wikipedia: [nginx - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx) it is “engine-x” [ˈɛnʤɪn ˈɛks]. Therefore I prefer to write NginX 🙂 Regards, André ---
**Author:** ![Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rainer_D)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126/3 "2012-12-15T23:09:51Z")
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:37:51PM +0100, Rainer D. wrote: > Can someone with an [nginx.com](http://nginx.com) email-address spell it out for once? > 😉 We use all possible spellings. 🙂 “nginx” when it’s about software ([nginx](http://nginx.org/en/)) or command name “Nginx” when it’s about company (Nginx, Inc.) ([http://nginx.com](http://nginx.com)) “NGINX” when it’s about environment variable ([Core functionality](http://nginx.org/r/env)) ---
**Author:** ![Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rainer_D)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126/4 "2012-12-17T11:15:27Z")
Offtopic: Throughout its history, Wolff Olins has presented controversial work.[23][24] Its piper design for BT in 1991 attracted a great deal of opposition.The company was also responsible for the short-lived $110m (75m) re-branding of PwC Consulting to Monday in 2002. The launch of the London 2012 brand in 2007 was met with widespread public derision. Design critic Stephen Bayley condemned the London 2012 Olympic Games logo as “a puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal”.[25] seems leading to me 🙂 And I believe it’s ‘Wolff Olins’ and not ‘Wolff-Olins’ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rainer_D)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126/5 "2012-12-17T11:10:11Z")
This type of inconsistency is one of the biggest no-no’s in branding according to the world’s leading brand agency Wolff-Olins. Tony ---
**Author:** ![Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Rainer\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rainer_D)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-exactly-is-nginx-spelled/225126/6 "2012-12-17T11:17:12Z")
On Dec 17, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Lasse L. wrote: > > > “NGINX” - at least three times out of four > > > “nginx” when it’s about software ([nginx](http://nginx.org/en/)) or command name > > > “Nginx” when it’s about company (Nginx, Inc.) ([http://nginx.com](http://nginx.com)) > > > “NGINX” when it’s about environment variable ([Core functionality](http://nginx.org/r/env)) Guys, let’s keep this list focused on technical matters, ok? 🙂 We’ve got things to do with the marketing, alright (spellings, logos, web sites, positioning etc.). That’s quite different from the purpose of this particular list.