OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
Last night, I was reading tweets related to the 30th Anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System and I came across this tweet from our own Kyoufu.
This intrigued me. I had not realized that the pronunciation of NES was so divisive. This lead into a linguistic rabbit hole where several others spoke up with their preferred way of saying NES.
Interestingly, the consensus over how NES is pronounced seemed to be based on location. Zabojnik in the above tweet and others thought the pronunciation was based on where a person was from and not an individual distinction.
I want to test this theory. Speech production based on location is my speciality, and I wanted to test the location theory with the members of GAF to see if the location based production of the NES acronym holds water. Since NeoGAF has a wide range of diverse users from around the world who love the NES and gaming, I want to see if I can collocate your responses and map a worldwide linguistic speech pattern for NES.
So, if you would like to participate in this linguistic endeavor, simply answer this question:
"How do you pronounce NES, the acronym for Nintendo Entertainment System?"
Be sure to respond in this Google Form with your pronunciation and your country of origin. In a few weeks, I'll crunch the responses (all of them) and present my findings to all of you.
Happy (NES)ing. ^_^
This intrigued me. I had not realized that the pronunciation of NES was so divisive. This lead into a linguistic rabbit hole where several others spoke up with their preferred way of saying NES.
- Cheesemeister @Cheesemeister3k
.@OneEightZero @Kyoufu2011 "NEZ" is the only proper pronunciation.
- Jon Peck ‏@abellwillring
@Cheesemeister3k @OneEightZero @Kyoufu2011 I’ve never met anyone in real life who didn’t say it N-E-S.
- Zabojnik ‏@Zabojnikk
@abellwillring @Cheesemeister3k @OneEightZero @Kyoufu2011 Never met someone who did say it N-E-S. Then again, why would I in Slovenia.
- Mike ‏@StrikerObi
@OneEightZero N-E-S
- Kyoufu ‏@Kyoufu2011 6h6 hours ago
@DCharlieJP @abellwillring @Cheesemeister3k @OneEightZero SNEZ!
Interestingly, the consensus over how NES is pronounced seemed to be based on location. Zabojnik in the above tweet and others thought the pronunciation was based on where a person was from and not an individual distinction.
- DCharlie ‏@DCharlieJP
@abellwillring @Cheesemeister3k @OneEightZero @Kyoufu2011 bear in mind a lot of Brits would pronounce Sega "Sea-ga" ...
- Kyoufu ‏@Kyoufu2011
@abellwillring @Cheesemeister3k @OneEightZero I'm almost certain "Nez" is a British thing. What do you think @DCharlieJP ?
I want to test this theory. Speech production based on location is my speciality, and I wanted to test the location theory with the members of GAF to see if the location based production of the NES acronym holds water. Since NeoGAF has a wide range of diverse users from around the world who love the NES and gaming, I want to see if I can collocate your responses and map a worldwide linguistic speech pattern for NES.
So, if you would like to participate in this linguistic endeavor, simply answer this question:
"How do you pronounce NES, the acronym for Nintendo Entertainment System?"
Be sure to respond in this Google Form with your pronunciation and your country of origin. In a few weeks, I'll crunch the responses (all of them) and present my findings to all of you.
Happy (NES)ing. ^_^