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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

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[–] IdiosyncraticIdiot 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Using international phonetic alphabet:

dʒbəʊʌ

Using English:

J - as in Jump

er - as is teachER

b - as in Boat

o - as in shOW

a - as in Up

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Wikipedia has it as: /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/

Yours is missung the vowel after the j.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Ah, Gerboa. Got it

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] KaKi87 9 points 2 years ago

I didn't know it was an animal, thanks !

[–] hellothere 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Jer as in Her, and Jerk

Boa as in the snake, and fancy feather number

[–] karlthemailman 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A cross between gerbil and boa constrictor.

No I don't mean "food." Jerboa.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hopefully just like the name of the character in The Howling 3: The Marsupials, or I’ve been getting it wrong this whole time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I was ~reading it Jebroa all that time.. Oops

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

The correct way