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For anyone else who, like me, couldn't decide which pronunciation it was the FAQ says "(pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/)". I don't know IPA so I can't tell if that j i

by smcl 4y ago

For anyone else who, like me, couldn't decide which pronunciation it was the FAQ says "(pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/)". I don't know IPA so I can't tell if that j in ".jo" is like "joker" or like the french "jambon" or if it's soft like "yo"

xigoi 4y ago
From the IPA, it's soft like “yo”. (And the “e” is not silent, so the word has three syllables.)
- wink 4y ago
  As a German proficient in English that name just makes my head hurt, no matter how the real pronunciation is. Maybe I'll go with a combination of Jorge and rojo (in Spanish) out of spite... Also, missed opportunity, Codeberg folks. Why Not "Erika"? ;)
  - mhd 4y ago
    > Also, missed opportunity, Codeberg folks. Why Not "Erika"? ;) Oh wow, that's a deep cut. I'm deeply impressed and amused. Almost to the point of yodeling ;) (For those lucky enough not to be this old and/or German, there once were two sisters called "Gitti & Erika" who made some horrible, yet famous Schlager songs – folksy chansons. Including the title melody of the local dub of the "Heidi" anime, triggering basically every "80s/90s kid".)
    - xdennis 4y ago
      Isn't Erika a nazi song about flowers, bees, and maidens?
      - mhd 4y ago
        I think it's male name -> female name -> flower named after that -> song named after that. I honestly doubt that that's the first thing that comes to mind and thus would besmirch the good name of, erm, git. ;) (Not that I'm suggesting actually naming something after a boomer-level German in-joke in the first place.)
shp0ngle 4y ago
That’s par of course too… I never knew how to pronounce gitea.
- wartijn_ 4y ago
  Their tagline is “ Git with a cup of tea” so I assume it’s pronounced like the words git and tea, but without repeating the T.
rapnie 4y ago
That text is linked to an audio file. In normal text could be like "for-jay-oh". https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4 https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4
- alexhsamuel 4y ago
  So... 4JO? Like a droid name. I suppose this reads better in English than in German though.
ojii 4y ago
http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=for%CB%88d%CD%A1%CA%92e.jo http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=for%CB%88d%CD%A1%CA%92e.jo
colanderman 4y ago
It's a mistranscription of the Esperanto word forĝejo, meaning "forge" (i.e. the place where forging happens). But diacritic marks aren't optional in Esperanto, they change pronunciation and meaning. "Forgejo", which is pronounced with a hard "g" (IPA /g/), is a nonsense word which means something like "distant gay". The correct transcription without diacritics would be "forghejo".
- rapnie 4y ago
  Name is only inspired by esperanto, but no literal transcription.
  - colanderman 4y ago
    I missed that they called this out specifically on the announcement page; I appreciate they acknowledge the source. Wonder why they didn't then go for the .io domain possibility with "Forgeio".
    - rapnie 4y ago
      There's a controversy with regards to the .io TLD. Especially on the Fediverse people using this TLD are often reminded of this and discouraged to use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#Controversy
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by smcl 4y ago

xigoi 4y ago

From the IPA, it's soft like “yo”. (And the “e” is not silent, so the word has three syllables.)

wink 4y ago
As a German proficient in English that name just makes my head hurt, no matter how the real pronunciation is. Maybe I'll go with a combination of Jorge and rojo (in Spanish) out of spite... Also, missed opportunity, Codeberg folks. Why Not "Erika"? ;)
- mhd 4y ago
  > Also, missed opportunity, Codeberg folks. Why Not "Erika"? ;) Oh wow, that's a deep cut. I'm deeply impressed and amused. Almost to the point of yodeling ;) (For those lucky enough not to be this old and/or German, there once were two sisters called "Gitti & Erika" who made some horrible, yet famous Schlager songs – folksy chansons. Including the title melody of the local dub of the "Heidi" anime, triggering basically every "80s/90s kid".)
  - xdennis 4y ago
    Isn't Erika a nazi song about flowers, bees, and maidens?
    - mhd 4y ago
      I think it's male name -> female name -> flower named after that -> song named after that. I honestly doubt that that's the first thing that comes to mind and thus would besmirch the good name of, erm, git. ;) (Not that I'm suggesting actually naming something after a boomer-level German in-joke in the first place.)

shp0ngle 4y ago

That’s par of course too… I never knew how to pronounce gitea.

wartijn_ 4y ago
Their tagline is “ Git with a cup of tea” so I assume it’s pronounced like the words git and tea, but without repeating the T.

rapnie 4y ago

That text is linked to an audio file. In normal text could be like "for-jay-oh". https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4 https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4

alexhsamuel 4y ago
So... 4JO? Like a droid name. I suppose this reads better in English than in German though.

ojii 4y ago

http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=for%CB%88d%CD%A1%CA%92e.jo http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=for%CB%88d%CD%A1%CA%92e.jo

colanderman 4y ago

It's a mistranscription of the Esperanto word forĝejo, meaning "forge" (i.e. the place where forging happens). But diacritic marks aren't optional in Esperanto, they change pronunciation and meaning. "Forgejo", which is pronounced with a hard "g" (IPA /g/), is a nonsense word which means something like "distant gay". The correct transcription without diacritics would be "forghejo".

rapnie 4y ago
Name is only inspired by esperanto, but no literal transcription.
- colanderman 4y ago
  I missed that they called this out specifically on the announcement page; I appreciate they acknowledge the source. Wonder why they didn't then go for the .io domain possibility with "Forgeio".
  - rapnie 4y ago
    There's a controversy with regards to the .io TLD. Especially on the Fediverse people using this TLD are often reminded of this and discouraged to use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#Controversy

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