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submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] jcs 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I always heard it pronounced as "Jean Co."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

…WHAT.

I’ve always pronounced it, and heard it pronounced by every single person ever— “JINKO.” Like, pronouncing it exactly the way it’s written. J’n-KŌ

Were you all alive in the 90s? I mean, like, old enough to be around the age this person in the post was? Or is “JEAN-co” the modern way the kids are saying it?

[–] jcs 4 points 7 months ago

Well, I was in middle school in the late 90s when these were popular, so I suppose I'm in the demographic. I dunno, the difference between "jean" and "gin" is somewhat subtle when you say it quickly, and I never gave it much thought.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you are more correct to how the average 7th grader said it in 1997.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 3 points 7 months ago

I was in 10th grade in '97 but I can confirm that people called them "jinkos" However, in different accents that would be close to "jeancos," though I think anyone who called them that would have been called a poser.