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I just want know how to pronounce It correctly... (programming.dev)
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I like the software, so I'll overlook it's shady deeds.

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[–] xia@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I keep reading it as "four-gee-joe", but I'm pretty sure that is not the right pronounciation.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

As a speaker of Esperanto, I believe they used the Esperanto for the noun "forge" which is spelled 'forĝejo' with a facy-pants g-circumflex.

In Esperanto, the G with a hat is pronounced like the soft G in forge. The J is pronounced like the letter Y, like in the English word fjord.

So, I don't know if the makers of the tool intended the Esperanto pronunciation to be used. But if it is, the pronunciation would be like forge-AY-o.

[–] sandwichsaregood@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Its named after the Esperanto word on, but the intended pronunciation is for-JAY-oh.

https://forgejo.dev/forgejo.dev/forgejo

Official pronunciation audio: https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4