pnwpixel@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-215 days agoI just want know how to pronounce It correctly...programming.devimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageI just want know how to pronounce It correctly...programming.devpnwpixel@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-215 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeoLuddite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·15 days agoIt’s in their FAQ 🙂 https://forgejo.org/faq/#where-does-the-name-come-from
minus-squaresbeak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·15 days agoOh wow, they have an audio sample and everything! Looks like it’s “for jeo” (pronounced like “Mateo”)
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·15 days agoAka, pretend it’s Spanish, since it’s a word from pretend Spanish (specifically Esperanto, not Portuguese)
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoJ has an H sound in Spanish, not a Y sound.
minus-squareSpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoWasn’t Esperanto made by a Polish dude?
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoNo idea. Also, my comment is mostly a joke
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·14 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-up6·15 days agoI enjoy how there’s the correct answer, and then there’s the other answers in this thread. 🙃
minus-squarepnwpixel@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 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.