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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Unrelated question: is it pronounced go-DOT as in polkadot, or go-DOH, like the actress Gal Gadot?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Theres no official pronounciation

The most common ones are guh-dough & go-dough (+ other variations) with the t silent, but the lead developer as well as a bunch of others call it go-dot and some people put the d in the first syllable instead to do things like god-oo

Q&A with devs talking about it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Go-doh, like the coffee lover from ace attorney.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's pronounced "God OO"

Like the play. Although I have no idea why it would be named after the play.

Also the logo doesn't really have anything to do with anything. The whole thing is weird.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As an ever evolving piece of software, you are always Waiting for Godot.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Go-DOT is how the developers pronounce it tmk