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by anonGone73 1415 days ago
Is it Go Dot or Go Dough? Asking for a friend :)
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/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ (read like GOD-oh)

see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32358256

Either, but the developers aparently say "go dot"
Their logo is a robot. "Go dot" rhymes with "robot". I always assumed that it was a purposeful misdirection using the popularity of "Waiting for Godot" to lead people to mispronounce it as "guh-doh". I know I'm wrong, but I like that story better than the real one.
I always thought it was a play on the play, "Waiting for Godot"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot

Actually neither, it’s “Guh-doe”.
Actually not, it's

/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ GOD-oh

pronunciation is where phonetic alphabet shines[1] and English totally sucks [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabe...

[2] https://jakubmarian.com/english-words-spelled-the-same-but-p...