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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?
I always heard it pronounced as "Jean Co."
…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?
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.
Yeah you are more correct to how the average 7th grader said it in 1997.
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.
In New England we said gin-ko. Never saw an ad for them though, so have no idea if we were right!
Is that G as in gif or gif?
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.
Jean-co