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| Forgejo (pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/) is inspired by forĝejo, the Esperanto word for forge. https://forgejo.org/faq/ https://forgejo.org/faq/ They also have a
by wakamoleguy 3y ago
| Forgejo (pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/) is inspired by forĝejo, the Esperanto word for forge.
https://forgejo.org/faq/ https://forgejo.org/faq/
They also have a recording posted:
https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4 https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4
- Pxtl 3y agoSo, non-silent E and the J is pronounced as a Y. .... Yeah, everybody's gonna call it Forge Joe.
- triyambakam 3y agoIf you need a recording of the pronunciation I think you've failed basic branding and marketing. Also the pronunciation recording does not match how I would expect it to be spelled. Fordgeo is what I'm hearing
- Pxtl 3y agoYeah, using an Esperanto word, and in particular one where the letters have very different pronounciation from English (the J is pronounced like Y and the E is not silent) seems like a bad move given that realistically the software world is in English.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> different pronounciation from English Just like .gif, yeah.
- this_user 3y ago> If you need a recording of the pronunciation I think you've failed basic branding and marketing. Their landing page has this to say: > Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. This tells me basically nothing, at least nothing useful in terms of what they are offering.
- worik 3y ago>> Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. >This tells me basically nothing, at least nothing useful in terms of what they are offering. What else could they add to be clearer? * Software forge * Self hosted * Lightweight I find these terms to be clear.
- marssaxman 3y agoWhat is a "software forge"?
- worik 3y agoI really had no idea that it was not a very clear term. I was wrong. Golly, I learnt something!
- Minor49er 3y agoWhat is a lightweight software forge?
- plorkyeran 3y agoPeople who are not already using one of the non-Github forges have no clue what a "software forge" is. It's a very niche bit of jargon, and these days most developers are not even familiar with sourceforge.
- shp0ngle 3y agoWho cares about marketing. Nobody knows how to pronounce gitea either. Half of people pronounce it "gi-te-ah".
- justin_oaks 3y agoAnd let's not get started about the spelling vs pronunciation of LaTeX, NGINX, and Kubernetes.
- dymk 3y agoClarify? All of those have straightforward pronunciations and spellings, with maybe nginx's spelling the exception, but it's also very popular.
- MzHN 3y agoWikipedia lists two pronunciations for LaTeX: "/ˈlɑːtɛk/ LAH-tek or /ˈleɪtɛk/ LAY-tek". On top of those, I've also heard the k at the end be replaced with h, which would also be correct, as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_(letter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_(letter) The common pronunciation of latex /ˈleɪˌtɛks/ would be incorrect. For Kubernetes, Wikipedia lists eight different pronunciations: /ˌk(j)uːbərˈnɛtɪs, -ˈneɪtɪs, -ˈneɪtiːz, -ˈnɛtiːz/, with the j after k being optional. NGINX feels like the most straightforward out of these, even though it is rarely pronounced correctly. As for myself, I like to call it NG Inks, as in next-gen tattoos, at least whenever I hear it pronounced wrong :)
- ehPReth 3y agoOh, just like Linux? https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/ https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds... I have a feeling that's not the best metric, but go off.
- mariusor 3y agoIt's a niche product targeting nerds. Ideally nerds that have heard of Esperanto, and maybe even dabbled with it.
- fluidcruft 3y agoSounded like "for jail" to me.