Numerous factors were involved in the decision to move to Forgejo and this article will discuss them, present some background on the process, and invite one more chance for feedback.
  • @[email protected]
    46•2 months ago

    Great, hopefully this high-profile move makes them change their name into something that can’t be potentially pronounced 8 different ways. Forge-joe? Or more like Jorge-ho?

    • @[email protected]
      39•2 months ago

      It comes from the Esperanto forĝejo meaning forge (noun, literally a site, ejo, where forging takes place). So soft g, and j as English y. /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/

      https://forgejo.org/faq/

      Not many names come from Esperanto so that’s interesting. :)

      • @flubba86
        28•2 months ago

        For anyone wondering, for a native English speaker, it’s pronounced like “for-jay-yo”.

      • @[email protected]English
        14•2 months ago

        I think it’s interesting but also still a terrible name. But I fear the time to change it is long gone.

          • @[email protected]English
            14•2 months ago

            Because like the op said- it’s not clear how it’s to be pronounced.

            I’ve learned some Esperanto. Doesn’t mean it’s a great base for naming a project.

            • richieadler 🇦🇷
              0•2 months ago

              Because like the op said- it’s not clear how it’s to be pronounced.

              Because you are assuming everything should be pronounced as in English. Names can be in any language. It’s on you if you assume English phonetics.

    • @[email protected]
      6•2 months ago

      I’ve been pronouncing it For-ge-ho

      for as in the word “for”,

      ge as in gecko

      and ho as in ho-ho-ho!

    • SemperverusEnglish
      5•2 months ago

      I’ve always been a fan of for-ged-joe (like forget Joe, but with a d instead of a t)

    • @devfuuu
      1•2 months ago

      I’ve always just read and called it forgero which always made sense to me. I never realised the letters were not those…