• TheFriar@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    …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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      6 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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        6 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.