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I’ve never known how to pronounce “JNCO”. Is it an acronym or an initialism?

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

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I always heard it pronounced as “Jean Co.”

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…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?

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

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In New England we said gin-ko. Never saw an ad for them though, so have no idea if we were right!

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we said gin-ko

Is that G as in gif or gif?

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I see what you did there, and I love it. That said, I also grew up in New England… and everyone I knew pronounced it jin-ko.

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4 points

Jean-co

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