• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    Lots of people do, and it makes no sense.

    How do you pronounce “J”?

    How do you pronounce “son”?

    Now put them together.

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      2 hours ago

      LOL! I wouldn’t pronounce “J son” like Jason, either!

      “Son” is pronounced “sun”. Jason is pronounced Jay-sin.

      Also, I’ve had coworkers named Jason, and I want to be able to say “Use JSON” without it sounding like I’m saying “Use Jason”.

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        7 hours ago

        Sure, that explains why people pronounce it that way now. What I’m wondering is why people started pronouncing it that way in the first place. When I see the letters JSON, my brain parses it as J-SON. It’s even a common first name ffs.

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          I couldn’t say. There is an older guy in my group who calls it “Jason”. Also we have 2 guys on my team named Jason and the back end jason now goes by J-Sahn. I have always read it j sahn and I have no idea why.