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NES or N-E-S?
- Thread starter OneEightZero
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Hey kids, it's an acronym. N-E-S is the only way to fly.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I don't think I ever just say the acronym. If I refer to it in speech, I say Nintendo or Super Nintendo.
TheGreyHulk
Member
N-E-S
Super nintendo or Super N-E-S
California, USA
I never knew ness/nez was a thing until gaf had a thread a while back.
Super nintendo or Super N-E-S
California, USA
I never knew ness/nez was a thing until gaf had a thread a while back.
nikos
Member
N-E-S. Each letter stands for something, so you should say each letter individually.
I'm 32 years old and have never heard "Nez." "Nes," maybe, but not "Nez." That couldn't be further from being correct. Reading "Nez" is leaving me completely dumbfounded and somewhat angry. What the hell is that?
NEZ?!
EDIT: Yeah, I always have and still say "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo." It's not hard to use full words.
I'm 32 years old and have never heard "Nez." "Nes," maybe, but not "Nez." That couldn't be further from being correct. Reading "Nez" is leaving me completely dumbfounded and somewhat angry. What the hell is that?
NEZ?!
EDIT: Yeah, I always have and still say "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo." It's not hard to use full words.
SkullHydra
Member
In. Ee. Ess.
Super Nintendo
Super Nintendo
RumblingRosco
Member
N-E-S and Super N-E-S (or Super Nintendo). I'm from the USA (U-S-A, not Yousuh).
whiteninja
Member
En-Ee-Es/N-E-S
It always bothered me to hear people pronounce acronyms, for example GUI (graphical user interface) as "gooey"
It always bothered me to hear people pronounce acronyms, for example GUI (graphical user interface) as "gooey"
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
La Nes.
I'm Spanish
That's just wrong.
El Nes would be better. El Enies would be better.
Voy a usar el Nintendo, not la Nintendo.
SkullHydra
Member
Truth.
It's also la NES in French (for most people anyway), because our consoles are female.
Gendered languages are weird.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Robot Pants
Member
It's N-e-s.
If anyone here says NES I'll find you and kick you in the stomach
If anyone here says NES I'll find you and kick you in the stomach
But pronouncing it Gooey would make it an Acronym. Saying G.U.I would make it an Initialism.
Chezzymann
Member
N-E-S
But I say "Snes" since S-N-E-S is too many syllables
But I say "Snes" since S-N-E-S is too many syllables
Cheesemeister
Member
Lots of wasted syllables in this thread. This American says "NEZ" for life. Screw the haters.
They are shooters, but so are Halo, Gears of War, and House of the Dead. Shmup is a specific subgenre of shooter, and while it may sound stupid, it is a useful descriptor.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Nez and Suh-Nez for life yo.
N-E-S or "the Nintendo"
Super N-E-S or Super Nintendo. Nobody really ever used "S-N-E-S" (or any other variation of that abbreviation) out loud as far as I can remember.
I never heard anyone ever use "nes" or "snes" as a word until I heard them used on the internet at some point over the last decade or so. I never ever ever heard anyone use either term in the 80s or 90s.
Super N-E-S or Super Nintendo. Nobody really ever used "S-N-E-S" (or any other variation of that abbreviation) out loud as far as I can remember.
I never heard anyone ever use "nes" or "snes" as a word until I heard them used on the internet at some point over the last decade or so. I never ever ever heard anyone use either term in the 80s or 90s.
justinluey
Neo Member
N-E-S now, but called it Nintendo when it first came out.
Super Nintendo from day one.
I'm from Canada, near the New York border.
Super Nintendo from day one.
I'm from Canada, near the New York border.
2D shooter.
I'm from the US, and use N-E-S and Ness pretty much interchangeably. (I think about it as 3 separate letters, though.)
Also, I don't know if the Sega discussion is still going on, but I just say it like they told me:
https://youtu.be/a9224qZ7N38
Also, I don't know if the Sega discussion is still going on, but I just say it like they told me:
https://youtu.be/a9224qZ7N38
JimmyJones
Banned
Nez and Snez
It's N.E.S.
Pretty sure that's the official name too. Satoru Iwata says it @ 23:00 in this video. http://youtu.be/OS_gYzv02SQ
Pretty sure that's the official name too. Satoru Iwata says it @ 23:00 in this video. http://youtu.be/OS_gYzv02SQ
We had a thread like this years ago.
Google Maps was used to better show where everyone was.
It's NEZ / SNEZ here in the UK, always has been (although earlier this year I heard some teenage kids talk about getting some en-ee-es games, probably Youtube having an influence there).
Google Maps was used to better show where everyone was.
It's NEZ / SNEZ here in the UK, always has been (although earlier this year I heard some teenage kids talk about getting some en-ee-es games, probably Youtube having an influence there).
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
N E S, and S N E S. I die a little inside when younger folks say Nes or Snes.
Quintin DM
Member
I'm Canadian and I've always pronounced it N-E-S, I don't think I've ever met anyone who didn't pronounce it this way either.
ninjaboyjohn
Member
80s kid from the Atlanta area - we said "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo" and "N64" or just "the 64" but later would say N-E-S and Super N-E-S.
I don't think I'd heard "ness" until I got to college.
I don't think I'd heard "ness" until I got to college.
Just because kids in one town/country called it one thing back then, doesn't mean that was global.
I've seen this discussion many times over the years, broadly while NA kids pronounced it N-E-S and Super N-E-S or S-N-E-S or even Super Nintendo, UK kids called it NEZ/NES and SNEZ respectively. Five syllables was a bit much for the playground
I wonder if the UK pronunciation was also helped along by popular use on our games TV shows of the time like Gamesmaster and Bad Influence.
I vaguely remembered Dominik Diamond criticising people who called is the SNEZ on When Games Attack if i recall correctly
MrS
Banned
Neo Gee Ay Eff?