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@freemo is there a prescribed pronunciation for "qoto" or is just whatever?

@alex_ I decided when I founded the instance that it would be pronounced like "goto" as a play on words. But you can pronounce it however you like, o one would notice here :)

@freemo I'd been subvocalising it "quote-o" but "goto" is much nicer, thanks!

@alex_ I think thats how most people would pronounce it by default.

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I imagine it like the Italian bicycles brand, Kuota -- but with a final 'O' instead.

ku-oto.

@alex_ @freemo I have been pronouncing it KOto bit I also work for a company Quoin pronounced COIN so there's that

@Absinthe @alex_ @freemo I have been learning Persian, where Q is used to transcribe a certain letter (ق) that corresponds to a sound absent from English, so that's how I read it. Kind of like the French R but with the throat closed.

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