Forget "gif" vs "jif" debate. How does one pronounce "Forgejo"?

According to their FAQ, they say it's supposed to be pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/ and provide an audio clip: https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4

To me that sounds like "for-jay-oh".

damn, soft g + not a silent e + German j.

I would've pronounced it forge + Joe before this. would have only gotten a third of those things right.
For-jail-o?
I thought it was a play on "forge", I was wrong.
- It's the Esperanto word for "forge", according to the FAQ.

Forge, yo

Forge, yo Mr. White!

I hope that someday they decide to add the diacritic to clear up the confusion (Forĝejo (/forˈd͡ʒe.jo/) is how it's supposed to be pronounced). It's 2024, there's no reason we should be afraid of non-ASCII characters.

How does one actually read these? Wouldn't phonetic spelling be infinitely more digestible?
- I don't see a reason to spell it phonetically when it is a real word (forge in esperanto). A phonetic spelling would also only be more digestible to readers who know the language the phonetic spelling is tailored at (phonetic spelling is language specific as different languages use different ways to represent different sounds).
  
  ĝ is simply the english sound of the consonants in the following words: "john", "gem", "jar". And j is pronounced as the y in "yes" and "yoink"
  
  The diacritic would clear up confusion, because "g" without the diacritic has different sound (like the g in "gamma", "girl", "go" in english). The diacritic as a bonus would also makes it clear that it isn't supposed to be pronounced it as if it were in english, because english does not use the ^ diacritic. It would also extinguish my annoyance at seeing a misspelled word being used as a trademark.
- There's no universal "phonetic spelling."
  
  Every language and its user have unique accent and they will intreprete phonitic spelling differently.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English
  
  This is phonetic¹ spelling. The only good one.
  
  ¹ Actually phonemic. Don’t kill me
It’s 2024, there’s no reason we should be afraid of non-ASCII characters.

I use an American layout and don't have a numpad :(

i'll forgejo mama!!!!!

Forge her? I barely know her!
i think this is the first comment i've read since joining the fediverse to make me actually laugh. thank you for posting something far funnier than it had any right to be.
- thanks! :)

Don't try and start these pronunciation debates online. It might seem fun but sooner or later the chickens will come home to Rust.

Forge-joe

On the official page it says that it is pronounced For Jay Yo (at least close enough)

https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4

For-hey-ho

I pronounce it as in Esperanto, I speak it

It rhymes with orange.

Fuhgeddaboutit.

I know it's officially for-hey-oe, but I always say forge + joe cause I find it easier. I used to say "forjo" (like "forge" ending in an "o", or "for joe" sped up) as well.

I imagine 'Forge' like you pronounce, well, forge, and 'jo' like you pronounce Joe*.

*Language and accent differences may apply, but hey, that's the beauty of the world's diversity!

I pronounce it "that gogs fork with a dumb name".

That gogs' fork's fork with a dumb name.

Forgejo is a gitea fork

But yeah, name shenanigans aside, it's pretty solid. I like it a lot
That "dumb" name is just name in another language 🫠
- An invented language that hardly anyone uses. More people speak Welsh then Esperanto and it's exactly as useful.