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[–] jeffep@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Jurassic Park (InGen) ruined any possibility of me ever pronouncing this the way they want it to be. It'll always be In-Gen-Icks out of my lips, like it's a pharmaceutical company.

[–] jeffep@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

In Gen X we trust

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.org 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Somewhere I heard that it should be pronounced as "Engine X"

[–] netweirdo@lemmy.zip 3 points 16 hours ago

On their own homepage? still won't stop me tho

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

that's how i pronounce it from the very first time i saw it

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 17 hours ago

That's better than me, I was saying en-ginks