pnwpixel@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-224 days agoI just want know how to pronounce It correctly...programming.devimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1125file-text
arrow-up1125imageI just want know how to pronounce It correctly...programming.devpnwpixel@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-224 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeoLuddite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·24 days agoIt’s in their FAQ 🙂 https://forgejo.org/faq/#where-does-the-name-come-from
minus-squaresbeak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-224 days agoOh wow, they have an audio sample and everything! Looks like it’s “for jeo” (pronounced like “Mateo”)
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 days agoAka, pretend it’s Spanish, since it’s a word from pretend Spanish (specifically Esperanto, not Portuguese)
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoJ has an H sound in Spanish, not a Y sound.
minus-squareSpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoWasn’t Esperanto made by a Polish dude?
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoNo idea. Also, my comment is mostly a joke
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 days agoI feel like if you need an audio sample to get people to pronounce your name correctly, you should just name it something else…
minus-squaretrem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 days agoI enjoy how there’s the correct answer, and then there’s the other answers in this thread. 🙃
minus-squarepnwpixel@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoThanks for this. I should have known it’d be somewhere like that.
It’s in their FAQ 🙂
https://forgejo.org/faq/#where-does-the-name-come-from
Oh wow, they have an audio sample and everything! Looks like it’s “for jeo” (pronounced like “Mateo”)
Aka, pretend it’s Spanish, since it’s a word from pretend Spanish (specifically Esperanto, not Portuguese)
J has an H sound in Spanish, not a Y sound.
Wasn’t Esperanto made by a Polish dude?
No idea. Also, my comment is mostly a joke
I feel like if you need an audio sample to get people to pronounce your name correctly, you should just name it something else…
I enjoy how there’s the correct answer, and then there’s the other answers in this thread. 🙃
Thanks for this. I should have known it’d be somewhere like that.