On the official page it says that it is pronounced For Jay Yo (at least close enough)
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2024
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Forjo-jo-jo
Fuhgeddaboutit.
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.
How does one actually read these? Wouldn't phonetic spelling be infinitely more digestible?
There's no universal "phonetic spelling."
Every language and its user have unique accent and they will intreprete phonitic spelling differently.
There is one, it's called the IPA or International Phonetic Alphabet and is used mostly by linguist. The IPA spelling changes based on dialects within the same language and if you know all the letters and are able to pronounce them you could in theory read a text written in IPA and the listener could understand it.
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.
A phonetic spelling would also only be more digestible to readers who know the language the phonetic spelling is tailored at
Indeed, it would be digestible to 1.5 billion people instead of 100k.
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".
I thought it was a play on "forge", I was wrong.
damn, soft g + not a silent e + German j.
I would've pronounced it forge + Joe before this. would have only gotten a third of those things right.
For-jail-o?
Awesome phonetic illustration. You should do a dictionary.
Forge-joe
Forge, yo
Forge, yo Mr. White!
4G-O, like a Star Wars droid
Don't try and start these pronunciation debates online. It might seem fun but sooner or later the chickens will come home to Rust.
For-hey-ho
i'll forgejo mama!!!!!
Forge her? I barely know her!
i think this is the first comment i've read since joining the fediverse to make me actually laugh. thank you for posting something far funnier than it had any right to be.
thanks! :)
It rhymes with orange.
I pronounce it as in Esperanto, I speak it
Jes tio estis ankaŭ mia unua intuicio sed mi ne certas ĉu ĝi fakte estu Esperanto aŭ la -ejo estas nura koincido?
Redakto: laŭ https://forgejo.org/faq/ jes sed la intencita elparolo estas tamen "forĝejo"
I pronounce it "that gogs fork with a dumb name".
That "dumb" name is just name in another language 🫠
An invented language that hardly anyone uses. More people speak Welsh then Esperanto and it's exactly as useful.
It's a Gitea fork
Gitea is a fork of Gogs.
That gogs' fork's fork with a dumb name.
Forgejo is a gitea fork
But yeah, name shenanigans aside, it's pretty solid. I like it a lot
I pronounce it Forgejo.
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.
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!
Fourier eaux
For-jeh-joe. Forge-joe?
I think I mispronounce it, "Forgeio," to be honest.
Surprisingly, I mispronounce it exactly like that.
I just do the Swedish accent thing and pronounce it forge-yo (like in yo-yo, not the greeting proclamation)