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by 5e92cb50239222b 1294 days ago
… unless your first language is very different from Esperanto. It really does sound weird. I already imagine trying to sell this at my $DAYJOB (I would likely have to "fork" it myself just to replace a few strings in the codebase that mention the original name).
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> unless your first language is very different from Esperanto.

Even with a language close to Esperanto (French) it’s hard to pronounce, and not very catchy.

Honestly using an Esperanto word is a bit uninspired and mediocre.

What does it sound like in your language?
Nothing bad or unpleasant, It just sounds very foreign and hard to pronounce. When I hear it (in my head), the first thing that comes to mind is some sort of a hairy middle-aged male character in a Spanish soap opera.

Doesn't really matter for me personally, but very much does matter in a work context. People have already had trouble with calling Gitea by its proper name and just calling it 'git'.