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Please see: “nominative determinism”

• ranger_danger 2mo ago
  The last name "Goto" in this case is actually read Gotou (ごとう), but romanization methods are their own flamewar. There's much less emphasis put on the "go" part than the "tou", so pronunciation doesn't actually sound anything like the English word "goto" at all. Imagine the spanish word gato. Now elongate the "to", and change the ga to go, and you're close.
  • benj111 2mo ago
    TBF, do we actually know how goto the statement was intended to be pronounced? It's like saying Bob Gif is pronounced with a J so sounds nothing like the file format.....
    • IAmBroom 2mo ago
      Yes, there is only one reasonable pronunciation of the Fortran code word which is an amalgam of the English words "go to". GIF is an initialism, with no comparable basis.
    • kbelder 2mo ago
      >It's like saying Bob Gif is pronounced with a J so sounds nothing like the file format..... You mean, it sounds exactly like the file format...
• cwmoore 2mo ago
  /Please see/goto/ sheesh