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[–] 75 points 2 years ago (4 children)

According to their FAQ, they say it's supposed to be pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/ and provide an audio clip: https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4

To me that sounds like "for-jay-oh".

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Don't try and start these pronunciation debates online. It might seem fun but sooner or later the chickens will come home to Rust.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    I hope that someday they decide to add the diacritic to clear up the confusion (Forĝejo (/forˈd͡ʒe.jo/) is how it's supposed to be pronounced). It's 2024, there's no reason we should be afraid of non-ASCII characters.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    How does one actually read these? Wouldn't phonetic spelling be infinitely more digestible?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I don't see a reason to spell it phonetically when it is a real word (forge in esperanto). A phonetic spelling would also only be more digestible to readers who know the language the phonetic spelling is tailored at (phonetic spelling is language specific as different languages use different ways to represent different sounds).

    ĝ is simply the english sound of the consonants in the following words: "john", "gem", "jar". And j is pronounced as the y in "yes" and "yoink"

    The diacritic would clear up confusion, because "g" without the diacritic has different sound (like the g in "gamma", "girl", "go" in english). The diacritic as a bonus would also makes it clear that it isn't supposed to be pronounced it as if it were in english, because english does not use the ^ diacritic. It would also extinguish my annoyance at seeing a misspelled word being used as a trademark.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English

    This is phonetic^1^ spelling. The only good one.

    ^1^ Actually phonemic. Don’t kill me

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is anyone able to read IPA without that key? This is where I get lost. It's an entire new language for a very specific thing so I can't imagine anyone but language scholars finding it useful

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    The ones used for English? Sure. When it comes to other languages I certainly don’t know all of them though.

    Though, that is at least partially due to me learning English as a second language so I’ve looked at these a lot in dictionaries.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago
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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    On the official page it says that it is pronounced For Jay Yo (at least close enough)

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    I pronounce it Forgejo.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    For gay hoe

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    It rhymes with orange.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Fuhgeddaboutit.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago
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    I imagine 'Forge' like you pronounce, well, forge, and 'jo' like you pronounce Joe*.

    *Language and accent differences may apply, but hey, that's the beauty of the world's diversity!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I know it's officially for-hey-oe, but I always say forge + joe cause I find it easier. I used to say "forjo" (like "forge" ending in an "o", or "for joe" sped up) as well.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago
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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For-jeh-joe. Forge-joe?

    I think I mispronounce it, "Forgeio," to be honest.

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  • Fourier eaux

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I just do the Swedish accent thing and pronounce it forge-yo (like in yo-yo, not the greeting proclamation)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I pronounce it "that gogs fork with a dumb name".

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    4G-O, like a Star Wars droid

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