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[entremet]

I mostly used Nintendo. And since the NES was so popular in the US, it became the ubiquitous term for gaming consoles for a bit.

I sometimes said Ness and very rarely said N.E.S.

Today, I mostly use Ness.

My older family members still call most consoles regardless of company of origin "The Nintendo" lol.

 

[Tregard]

The "Nez"

 

[Rymuth]

Nintendo

And with SNES it continued and we called it Super Nintendo

 

[Itchy//Tasty]

Nez or N.E.S, depending on how I'm feeling.

 

[Anustart]

Knees

 

[K.Sabot]

Ness

I mean, that is the Earthbound character's name.

 

[frankie_baby]

Like any normal person I call it a Nez

 

[tapedeck]

Nintendo
Super Nintendo

 

[Red Fire]

SNES = Super Nintendo
NES = Nintendo or sometimes the "normal Nintendo"

All the other systems by their correct names.

Edit: at the time the SNES was a thing everybody just called it Nintendo around here so that's where the "normal/regular Nintendo" is coming from

 

[Lux R7]

Nintendo

And with SNES it continued and we called it Super Nintendo

this

 

[Like the hat?]

Nintendo

When snes came out, that became "super Nintendo" and the NES became "regular Nintendo".

Now I call it n.e.s.

" nez" or "Ness" really annoys me for some reason.

 

[RPGam3r]

N E S
Super N E S || Super Nintendo

First time I heard it said as a word was on Giant Bomb.

 

[AppleSeason]

"nintendo" I did not start using nes until the beggining of the emulation age.

 

[Easy_D]

Just "Nintendo" and the successor was "Super Nintendo".

 

[MAtgS]

Old Nintendo or Regular Nintendo in contrast to the Super Nintendo.

 

[Palculator]

Ness. But the SNES is the "Super Nintendo", heh.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Old.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=365858

 

[entremet]

N E S
Super N E S

First time I heard it said as a word was on Giant Bomb.

"SNES" sounded out is so wacky.

Must be a west coast thing.

 

[blackMamba1187]

N.E.S. and also super N.E.S.

 

[Quonny]

en E es

es en E es

anyone who pronounces them differently are monsters

 

[Übermatik]

"Nez"

Then

"Snez"

Then

"NINTENDO SIXTY FOOOOOUUUURR"

 

[adj_noun]

When it was new, the Nintendo.

After that the enn ee ess. Followed by the ess enn ee ess.

 

[Chuck]

n.e.s. and the sness

 

[The Albatross]

En Eee Ess, or Nintendo. Never called it nes or snes. It's an acronym and I rarely say acronyms. Like, I say "Ee Ess Pee En" for ESPN, not pronouncing it phonetically like a word. Black Entertainment is Bee Eee Tee, not bet. NBC is En Bee See, not nubuk.

I'm sure there's some exceptions to this rule but by and large I say letters out individually and don't make a word for acronyms.

 

[Mendax]

just "nes" - where does the long S in your example come from?

and why would anyone say n.e.s., it's not sexy and takes longer

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

I use "N.E.S" but just say "snes" for super Nintendo. Am I weird?

 

[Krejlooc]

N.E.S. or "The Nintendo."

I didn't have one, though. I had a Sega Master System, which I never refer to in speech as "S.M.S."

 

[RowdyReverb]

N-E-S. I'm from the US. Didn't we already have this thread before?

 

[Deleted member 752119]

When it was new, the Nintendo.

After that the enn ee ess. Followed by the ess enn ee ess.

Same.

 

[oRuin]

NEZ for sure.

 

[Shane86]

The "Nez"

First post wins

 

[Chuck]

I use "N.E.S" but just say "snes" for super Nintendo. Am I weird?

You're as weird as a furry.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Like any normal person I use either N. E. S. or just "the Nintendo".

Same goes for the S. N. E. S. or just "the Super Nintendo".

 

[Neoxon]

N.E.S.

 

[Yado]

Here we called it a normal. The SNes was super.

 

[notaskwid]

Nez

 

[antitrop]

N.E.S.

I never heard anyone pronounce it as Ness until the Internet came around.

 

[woopWOOP]

The 'regular Nintendo', to differentiate from the 'Super Nintendo'.

When talking about NES I just use it as a word. nessssssss

 

[entremet]

just "nes" - where does the long S in your example come from?

and why would anyone say n.e.s., it's not sexy and takes longer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P02YSj7A4s4&feature=youtu.be&t=25s

I used it to mostly to differentiate between en EE es and "Ness, Nez, etc"

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Back when it came out, no one referred to it by its acronym... if anyone even knew it. It was the Nintendo.

 

[thekonamicode]

N.E.S.

Now you're playing with power!

 

[7threst]

The Nintendo, as did everybody around me. Then when SNES came out it became the 8-bit Nintendo. Now I only refer to it as NES.

 

[linkandzelda]

The "Nez"

.

 

[Mendax]

Like any normal person I use either N. E. S. or just "the Nintendo".

Same goes for the S. N. E. S. or just "the Super Nintendo".

......speaks volumes

 

[Flo_Evans]

The Nintendo. I still call my 3ds that.

 

[Concrete Charlie]

Nintendo

 

[ScriptedReality]

just my Nintendo.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I say it the way the said it on the North American commercials - "N.E.S."

 

[jackissocool]

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Nintendo back in the day, but N.E.S. now. I never pronounce it or SNES phonetically because I'm not an abject monster.