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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I've never known how to pronounce "JNCO". Is it an acronym or an initialism?

J-N-C-O? Joonko? Janko? Jinso?

[–] jcs 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I always heard it pronounced as "Jean Co."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 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.

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