How do you pronounce DIN?

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Is it DIN as in rhyming with FIN,

or as individual letters as: DEE EYE EN?

Thanks!
 
Is it DIN as in rhyming with FIN,

or as individual letters as: DEE EYE EN?

Thanks!

Rhymes with FIN.
 
Or "my" favorite, SIN :eyebrow:
 
DIN is simply the first syllable of "DIN-ner".

(My rule of thumb is "If you can pronounce it, pronounce it.")
 
It is an acronym for Deutsches Institut für Normung

It should be pronounced D.I.N. but no one ever does and just commonly says din, (like fin).
 
I like .DIN..Dive It Naked!...or DIN-ya-know I was sitting here....Flushes ...
 
It is an acronym for Deutsches Institut für Normung

It should be pronounced D.I.N. but no one ever does and just commonly says din, (like fin).
Actually, if I may don one of my other hats of pedantry, either it's an acronym or it's pronounced D. I. N. Acronyms are pronounced (i.e. as words), whereas initialisms such as "CIA" or "FBI" are not pronounced (as words) and therefore are not acronyms.

(This moment of pedantry brought to you by the letters A through Z.)
 

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