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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

Yeah except it's named after the play so it's definitely pronounced God-oh. I think people just mispronounce it Go-dot if they haven't heard of the play. Looking at you Mr Linus Tips.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

From the article linked on this very post:

Those open source values even extend to how you pronounce the engine's name. We asked if Godot is pronounced "Go-dough," like the play, or "Go-dot."

"It's open source," Verschelde said with a grin. "Pronounce it however you like."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

“Go-dough,” like the play

"Like the play" - but where does the stress go? On the final syllable, as in French? (The play was originally written in French.) On the first syllable, as is more usual in British pronunciation of French words? (The author was Irish and apparently this is how he pronounced it - when speaking English.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think either is probably fine. Apparently the French stress the syllables equally, not just the second so it's a minor difference.

Actually I just listened to the French pronunciation and it sounds more like they do stress the first syllable to me:

https://youtu.be/fN1VwDpxbXQ?si=1VcffgqbwRelS8zY

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Apparently the French stress the syllables equally, not just the second so it’s a minor difference.

According to what I've read, they do stress the final syllable of the phrase (including multiple words). To foreign ears, this is simplified into always stressing the final syllable.

I absolutely don't trust videos such as the one you link because they're frequently made by non-natives. I've personally seen a number of them using obvious non-native (English) pronunciation. Also, I'd say that particular recording has equal prominence on both syllables. But I wouldn't take it to be representative of French either way.

https://youtu.be/__bLxInvVsM - this should be better

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