How do YOU pronounce NES?

[JJNova]

Yeah. I am definitely an N.E.S. type of guy.

I don't recall ever hearing it pronounced Ness, although Scooter claims that he says it this way.

*shrugs*

Different folks.

[Sothy]

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Had this debate many times before.

I am also a big gun nut. Most firearms have letter designations.

FAL, AR15, CETME, AK47, etc....

Well, I use the individual letters for guns.
An "Ack-Fourty Seven" just doesn't sound right- I do, however, know a few people who call FAL's "Fall's" and CETME's "Setme's"

But on NES games, I call it "Nes"- rhymes with Guess.

This dude is cool.

[Uzi 9mm]

I use NES and N.E.S. I used to pronounce it NES when I first started playing it, but then after hearing others call it N.E.S, it caught on, so I just started using both of them.

[ron_burgundy]

I say N.E.S because if you say NES some people might not understand what you are saying and if you say N.E.S then most people with an IQ over 69 should know what you are saying

You Stay Classy Digital Press,

Ron

[Zap!]

Ever since I started collecing NES games and running a NES site, I use to always think everyone called NES as in one word. All my friends call it that thanks to me, and every time I went to NES sites id call them NES World, NES Files etc. But to my horror, I realised that some people instead call it by the letters as in N-E-S. That sounds so wrong @_@

Anyway how do you say it?

I never had any tolorance for people who pronounce abreviations as a word. It's the NES, not the N.E.S. Granted, if the abreviation can't be pronounced (like the SMS), that's a different story.

[Zap!]

This reminds me of when I was a kid. A lot of my retarded friends pronounced Mr. Do "Mr. Doe" (rhyming with ho). Thankfully, it was cleared up and I was proven right when Mr. Do Run Run came out.

Later on in the late 80's, the retards came out again and started prnouncing Kid Icarus "Kid A-Car-Us", rather then the correct way, "Kid Ick-A-Riss." It took Nintendo itself to clear this up, and I again came out the winner. 8-)

[PDorr3]

Actualy I cant vote, because I either say Nintendo, N.E.S. or Ness, I never call it just one thing. But if it had to be between the two it would be N.E.S.

[The Plucky Little Ninja]

I've always gone for the old N.E.S. way of saying it. A lot of people I know do use the generic Nintendo, but that just gets confusing.

Having read through this topic I've now officially fallen in love with the term SNESS and will be calling it as such from this moment forwards.

[digitalpress]

For the same reason I pronounce "FBI" by the letters, I pronounce "NES" by the letters. It's not a word. It sounds foolish when people say "ness games".

[davepesc]

I say "Original Nintendo," but I guess both NES and N.E.S. are acceptable.

What sounds stupid, though, is referring to the Super Nintendo as "Sness"

[Xexyz]

I never even thoght about pronouncing it as Ness until I read this topic a moment ago. I grew up on N.E.S. and everyone I knew would also just pronounce the letters.

[Slimedog]

This reminds me of when I was a kid. A lot of my retarded friends pronounced Mr. Do "Mr. Doe" (rhyming with ho). Thankfully, it was cleared up and I was proven right when Mr. Do Run Run came out.

Later on in the late 80's, the retards came out again and started prnouncing Kid Icarus "Kid A-Car-Us", rather then the correct way, "Kid Ick-A-Riss." It took Nintendo itself to clear this up, and I again came out the winner. 8-)

Yeah, all the kids used to call it "Kid A-Car-Us" in my class, me included. Since I was usually playing games aimed over my reading level my early childhood was rife with mispronounciations. In 4th grade my friend and I were playing Gemstone Warrior on the C64. Not content with Normal difficulty, we decided to kick it up to Kamakazi. Of course we had never heard of a Kamakazi before and not knowing how to pronounce it we settled things the old fashion way. He beat me up and I had to call it, "Kay-A-Kam-Eez". I guess we could have used a dictionary, but getting hit with his fists was probably better than getting hit with a heavy book. Sorry if this is off topic.

[studvicious]

I've always pronounced it N.E.S. and I never heard anyone say "NESS". Although I did hear someone's dad call it a "Contendo".

Also, I either say Super Nintendo or Super N.E.S. And I never speak of the Nintendo 64 LOL

[Nirvana]

I always pronounced it by the letters. It just didn't sound right for me to say "Nes". Also, I can't imagine calling the SNES "Snes". :roll:

[slip81]

I say N.E.S

[THATinkjar]

I say NES. And I pronounce it NEZ.

[DeputyMoniker]

Wasn't aware this was even an issue.. show me a television commercial that pronounced it as 'Ness', much less the official ones produced by Nintendo of America. Open and shut case.

I agree. It's the N-E-S...it's science.

[Mattiekrome]

In all my days I dont think I have ever heard it called anything but the N.E.S letter abbreviation.

[walrusmonger]

N. E. S.

Letters.

The only time I've ever heard someone call it "Nes" as in "Ness," was this stupid kid that came into my store. I hate this kid.

He goes, "wow, I love these classic ness games on the gba."

I go, "w...t....h..... ness? what are you talking about?"

He goes, "you know, the original nintendo."

I laugh,"dude... nobody's ever called it that before, Ness is the Smash Bros character, not the system name."

He felt like a fool, and I was happy. I can't believe people call it ness, it just makes my brain hurt.

[Slimedog]

Why would you waste time with 3 syllables when you could use just one? NES all the way. Here's my nomenclature:

NES
Super NES
Genny

Everything else is pretty much obvious. I've never had anybody not understand me be cause saying nes is phonetically similar to spelling out N.E.S., its just shorter.

[Lone_Monster]

I've always pronounced it as N E S, and so has everyone I knew... in Jersey. Then we moved to Florida, and everyone here calls it the Nes.

Maybe it's a southern thing?

[Austin]

This is the first I've ever heard it called Nes.... I'm surprised to see so many people answering that way. It's always been just saying the letters for me.

[AFGiant]

For the same reason I pronounce "FBI" by the letters, I pronounce "NES" by the letters. It's not a word. It sounds foolish when people say "ness games".

The Man has spoken.

On a personal note, I've always said N.E.S. (and thus Super N.E.S), as have all of my dad's video store employees from back in the day. The gamestop/EBGames employees around here say N.E.S. as well. Actually, I've never heard anyone, ever, pronounce it 'ness' before. That's blasphemy!

[Wavelflack]

N.E.S., of course.

I've always thought that people saying "Ness" (or "Sness", in the SNES case) were just indicating their general laziness and lack of internal standards.

There are also people who use acronyms redundantly ("ATM machine", "PIN number", "VIN number", "ICBM missile", etc.)

Acronym usage is a privilege, not a right.

[Wavelflack]

dp

[mdic135]

saying it like "ness" just sounds so moronic

I say N.E.S, sounds better

[Lothars]

I pronounce it both ways but more so by N.E.S by the letters

though both I would say are acceptable, though also why not just call it nintendo :P

anyway yeah I call it by the letters :)

[Anthony1]

I've always pretty much said Nes like Loch Ness.



and I always say SNES like S, Ness.



I have never, ever, uttered Super N.E.S.


Sometimes when referring to the NES, I call it "the old Nintendo", or sometimes "the original Nintendo".


Sometimes I even call it "Old Tendo"





I will say that when I've gone to certain stores, the clerks there would say N.E.S., and whenever they did, I would kinda look at them strange. It seems kinda pocket protector ish to say N.E.S.

[Wavelflack]

"Pocket protector-ish" = "not fat and lazy enough to warrant dropping a measly two syllables worth of linguistic effort"

[Slimedog]

I've seen lots of folks on here scoff in sheer incredulity at the prospect of phonetically saying an acronym. Many acronyms don't lend themselves to phonetic abbreviation, such as FBI. I don't see fuhbee catching on any time soon. On the other had, lots of other acronyms are pronounced phonetically. Take a look at the list below and see if there are any that you would spell out.

PETA
FEMA
OSHA
SCUBA
LASER

Perhaps these references aren't relevant to gamers. Below are some examples I could think of for game acronyms that I've heard in conversation, but never heard spelled out.

KOTOR - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
WOW - World of Warcraft
MOO - Masters of Orion

I just wanted to exemplify that the pronunciation of NES is more a matter of regional preferences, such as saying "soda" vs. "pop", and not a matter of anybody being ignorant.

[Dr. Morbis]

I've seen lots of folks on here scoff in sheer incredulity at the prospect of phonetically saying an acronym. Many acronyms don't lend themselves to phonetic abbreviation, such as FBI. I don't see fuhbee catching on any time soon. On the other had, lots of other acronyms are pronounced phonetically. Take a look at the list below and see if there are any that you would spell out.

PETA
FEMA
OSHA
SCUBA
LASER

Perhaps these references aren't relevant to gamers. Below are some examples I could think of for game acronyms that I've heard in conversation, but never heard spelled out.

KOTOR - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
WOW - World of Warcraft
MOO - Masters of Orion
Exactly! Case closed. Ness it is. Speaking of "pocket protector ish", what's more geeky, pronouncing it N.E.S., or arguing about the proper way to pronounce NES?

And for people who say "Super N.E.S.", why don't you just say Super Nintendo? I mean, the point of acronyms and phonetic pronunciations is to save writing/speaking time.

(Now where is my "#1 Geek" shirt?)

[Wavelflack]

I guess it's mainly because the system itself says "Nintendo Entertainment System", as did the commercials. So the acronym is shorthand for the "official" system name. Therefore, what you get with "Ness" is second magnitude laziness.

Laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long.

Peta is acceptable because no one with an intellect exceeding balsa wood cares about their organization.

Scuba--see laser



Other ridiculous abbreviations:
"'zine"--magazine
"'tallica"--Metallica

[Slimedog]

I guess it's mainly because the system itself says "Nintendo Entertainment System", as did the commercials. So the acronym is shorthand for the "official" system name. Therefore, what you get with "Ness" is second magnitude laziness.

Laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long.

Peta is acceptable because no one with an intellect exceeding balsa wood cares about their organization.

Scuba--see laser



Other ridiculous abbreviations:
"'zine"--magazine
"'tallica"--Metallica

I'm not sure I follow. Saying "Ness" second magnitude laziness implies that N.E.S. is first magnitude laziness, if I follow your model. Is first magnitude acceptable, where second magnitude laziness just going too far? At any rate, contracting N.E.S. (three syllables) to Ness (one syllable) just seems to be following the same logic of abbreviating "Nintendo Entertainment System" into N.E.S. If shaving the phrase down to 3 syllables is efficient, then shaving it to 1 must be more efficient.

You say laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long and scuba is acceptable for the same reason (13 syllables). This seems kind of arbitrary. "Nintendo Entertainment System" is 9 syllables, so 9 too short say the abbreviation, but 13 long enough warrant saying one. So what's the limit? 11? 12?

Not like this is relevant in the first place. Saying laser verses spelling it out shaves it from 5 syllables to 2. Spelling NES versus saying it drops from 3 to 1. The original length of the phrase being abbreviated bears no relevance in this context.

I also don't see how "zine" and "tallica" are relevant to this. They are both abbreviations, but neither involves an acronym.

To reiterate my point, saying or spelling nes is a matter of regional dialect. I don't think other people are stupid or lazy for saying "pop" instead of "soda" and I don't think anybody who spells nes is pencil necked Poindexter. I don't think its too much to ask for those of us who say "nes" to be extended the same courtesy.

Oh, and PETA is pretty stupid.

And if I ever type the word " syllables" again, it will be too soon.

[ae.tc]

LOL Looks like the majority is wrong here!?

has to be NES (as in word word)

[rbudrick]

Ness is the Smash Bros character, not the system name.

Well, he's an Earthbound character, but yeah.


Maybe it's a southern thing


I've always thought that people saying "Ness" (or "Sness", in the SNES case) were just indicating their general laziness and lack of internal standards.

Those two quotes together need no further comment. ;)


Sometimes I even call it "Old Tendo"

That's fucking retarded.


I've seen lots of folks on here scoff in sheer incredulity at the prospect of phonetically saying an acronym. Many acronyms don't lend themselves to phonetic abbreviation, such as FBI. I don't see fuhbee catching on any time soon. On the other had, lots of other acronyms are pronounced phonetically. Take a look at the list below and see if there are any that you would spell out.

PETA
FEMA
OSHA
SCUBA
LASER

Perhaps these references aren't relevant to gamers. Below are some examples I could think of for game acronyms that I've heard in conversation, but never heard spelled out.

KOTOR - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
WOW - World of Warcraft
MOO - Masters of Orion

I just wanted to exemplify that the pronunciation of NES is more a matter of regional preferences, such as saying "soda" vs. "pop", and not a matter of anybody being ignorant.

Hmmm, by that reasoning, it should be pronounced Nezz.

N.E.S. it is. In fact, when I used to call Nintendo for tips, it was called this on the recordings. There's really nothing more to it than that....other than this is the stupidest thread ever, and I've wasted too much time in it! LOL

-Rob

[Roi]

I think I actually never said N.E.S. when I was talking about the NES !

[Wavelflack]

I guess it's mainly because the system itself says "Nintendo Entertainment System", as did the commercials. So the acronym is shorthand for the "official" system name. Therefore, what you get with "Ness" is second magnitude laziness.

Laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long.

Peta is acceptable because no one with an intellect exceeding balsa wood cares about their organization.

Scuba--see laser



Other ridiculous abbreviations:
"'zine"--magazine
"'tallica"--Metallica

I'm not sure I follow. Saying "Ness" second magnitude laziness implies that N.E.S. is first magnitude laziness, if I follow your model. Is first magnitude acceptable, where second magnitude laziness just going too far? At any rate, contracting N.E.S. (three syllables) to Ness (one syllable) just seems to be following the same logic of abbreviating "Nintendo Entertainment System" into N.E.S. If shaving the phrase down to 3 syllables is efficient, then shaving it to 1 must be more efficient.

You say laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long and scuba is acceptable for the same reason (13 syllables). This seems kind of arbitrary. "Nintendo Entertainment System" is 9 syllables, so 9 too short say the abbreviation, but 13 long enough warrant saying one. So what's the limit? 11? 12?

Not like this is relevant in the first place. Saying laser verses spelling it out shaves it from 5 syllables to 2. Spelling NES versus saying it drops from 3 to 1. The original length of the phrase being abbreviated bears no relevance in this context.

I also don't see how "zine" and "tallica" are relevant to this. They are both abbreviations, but neither involves an acronym.

To reiterate my point, saying or spelling nes is a matter of regional dialect. I don't think other people are stupid or lazy for saying "pop" instead of "soda" and I don't think anybody who spells nes is pencil necked Poindexter. I don't think its too much to ask for those of us who say "nes" to be extended the same courtesy.

Oh, and PETA is pretty stupid.

And if I ever type the word " syllables" again, it will be too soon.


1. "I'm not sure I follow. Saying "Ness" second magnitude laziness implies that N.E.S. is first magnitude laziness, if I follow your model. Is first magnitude acceptable, where second magnitude laziness just going too far?"

Indeed.

2. "If shaving the phrase down to 3 syllables is efficient, then shaving it to 1 must be more efficient."

..and shaving it to 0 would be even more efficient, where we simply gesticulate (punctuated with a grunt, perhaps) in the general direction of an N.E.S.
I think that there is a certain level of class achieved by not residing in the circles that have adopted the lowest common denominator mode of communication.

3. "You say laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long and scuba is acceptable for the same reason (13 syllables). This seems kind of arbitrary. "Nintendo Entertainment System" is 9 syllables, so 9 too short say the abbreviation, but 13 long enough warrant saying one. So what's the limit? 11? 12?"

I already stated that N.E.S. was acceptable in lieu of "Nintendo Entertainment System".

4. "Not like this is relevant in the first place. Saying laser verses spelling it out shaves it from 5 syllables to 2. Spelling NES versus saying it drops from 3 to 1. The original length of the phrase being abbreviated bears no relevance in this context."

True.

[Slimedog]

1. "I'm not sure I follow. Saying "Ness" second magnitude laziness implies that N.E.S. is first magnitude laziness, if I follow your model. Is first magnitude acceptable, where second magnitude laziness just going too far?"

Indeed.

2. "If shaving the phrase down to 3 syllables is efficient, then shaving it to 1 must be more efficient."

..and shaving it to 0 would be even more efficient, where we simply gesticulate (punctuated with a grunt, perhaps) in the general direction of an N.E.S.
I think that there is a certain level of class achieved by not residing in the circles that have adopted the lowest common denominator mode of communication.

3. "You say laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long and scuba is acceptable for the same reason (13 syllables). This seems kind of arbitrary. "Nintendo Entertainment System" is 9 syllables, so 9 too short say the abbreviation, but 13 long enough warrant saying one. So what's the limit? 11? 12?"

I already stated that N.E.S. was acceptable in lieu of "Nintendo Entertainment System".

4. "Not like this is relevant in the first place. Saying laser verses spelling it out shaves it from 5 syllables to 2. Spelling NES versus saying it drops from 3 to 1. The original length of the phrase being abbreviated bears no relevance in this context."

True.

1. While your response of "Indeed" was an answer, it really doesn't offer anything beyond an opinion. It would be helpful if I had some reasoning to follow for this. What specifically makes "first magnitude laziness" common sense, but "second magnitude laziness" a sign of stupidity and laziness?


2. Well, your first example doesn't much sense from a logical standpoint. To begin with, you would have to discard the grunt out of hand because a grunt would have to be at least one syllable. If you grunt, you might have well just said "Nes". Now, consider the time it takes to utter the word "Nes". I can't think of a single gesture, rude or otherwise, that takes less time to communicate than saying the word "Nes". Theoretically, I suppose telepathic communication would be more effective and use 0 syllables. However, since I can't think of a single situation in the real world where grunts and gesticulations are more efficient than a single syllable word, it really seems like you've made a straw man on this point.

3. How is something being "acceptable" to you anything more than an opinion? More importantly, what makes your opinion more valid than anybody else's? Seriously. I'd like to know.

[izret101]

I have NEVER heard it called the Nes
ALWAYS N-E-S or Any Es :P

If i heard someone call it a Nesssss I would at first probably be confused and then when i knew what they meant it would annoy the hell outta me.
But thats just me...

Like when i hear people call controllers remotes or paddles.
IT IS NOT A REMOTE YOU DO NOT CHANGE THE CHANNELS WITH IT.
IT IS NOT A PADDLE IT WOULD NOT BE USEFUL TO YOU STRANDED OUT IN A LAKE.

Those caps were completely unnecesary. But i guess i could tell you if i was saying it i would probably be yelling so it makes up for it.

[Slimedog]

I have NEVER heard it called the Nes
ALWAYS N-E-S or Any Es :P

If i heard someone call it a Nesssss I would at first probably be confused and then when i knew what they meant it would annoy the hell outta me.
But thats just me...

Like when i hear people call controllers remotes or paddles.
IT IS NOT A REMOTE YOU DO NOT CHANGE THE CHANNELS WITH IT.
IT IS NOT A PADDLE IT WOULD NOT BE USEFUL TO YOU STRANDED OUT IN A LAKE.

Those caps were completely unnecesary. But i guess i could tell you if i was saying it i would probably be yelling so it makes up for it.

I haven't heard it lately, but it always used to drive me apeshit whenever somebody refered to Atari tapes or Nintendo tapes. :angry: There is no tape in a freaking cartridge!!

Also, there is this guy selling games at my fleamarket that refers to the Tengen version of Tetris as "Russian Tetris". I've never heard anybody else say that, but it drives me nuts. If the jackass knew his history, he might call it "American Tetris". Or if he knew anything about the $150 ( LOL ) game he was pushing, he might call it "Tengen Tetris" like the rest of us.

[MegaDrive20XX]

N-E-S is what I call it still

*sigh* Takes me back, to a time when you just said "Nintendo" and everybody knew what system you were playing....now it's like "Uh, regular? Super? 64? GameCube??" "Or whatever that new one is called?"

[rbudrick]

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[Wavelflack]

1. "I'm not sure I follow. Saying "Ness" second magnitude laziness implies that N.E.S. is first magnitude laziness, if I follow your model. Is first magnitude acceptable, where second magnitude laziness just going too far?"

Indeed.

2. "If shaving the phrase down to 3 syllables is efficient, then shaving it to 1 must be more efficient."

..and shaving it to 0 would be even more efficient, where we simply gesticulate (punctuated with a grunt, perhaps) in the general direction of an N.E.S.
I think that there is a certain level of class achieved by not residing in the circles that have adopted the lowest common denominator mode of communication.

3. "You say laser is acceptable because the name is 19 syllables long and scuba is acceptable for the same reason (13 syllables). This seems kind of arbitrary. "Nintendo Entertainment System" is 9 syllables, so 9 too short say the abbreviation, but 13 long enough warrant saying one. So what's the limit? 11? 12?"

I already stated that N.E.S. was acceptable in lieu of "Nintendo Entertainment System".

4. "Not like this is relevant in the first place. Saying laser verses spelling it out shaves it from 5 syllables to 2. Spelling NES versus saying it drops from 3 to 1. The original length of the phrase being abbreviated bears no relevance in this context."

True.

1. While your response of "Indeed" was an answer, it really doesn't offer anything beyond an opinion. It would be helpful if I had some reasoning to follow for this. What specifically makes "first magnitude laziness" common sense, but "second magnitude laziness" a sign of stupidity and laziness?


2. Well, your first example doesn't much sense from a logical standpoint. To begin with, you would have to discard the grunt out of hand because a grunt would have to be at least one syllable. If you grunt, you might have well just said "Nes". Now, consider the time it takes to utter the word "Nes". I can't think of a single gesture, rude or otherwise, that takes less time to communicate than saying the word "Nes". Theoretically, I suppose telepathic communication would be more effective and use 0 syllables. However, since I can't think of a single situation in the real world where grunts and gesticulations are more efficient than a single syllable word, it really seems like you've made a straw man on this point.

3. How is something being "acceptable" to you anything more than an opinion? More importantly, what makes your opinion more valid than anybody else's? Seriously. I'd like to know.

1. Because I said so.
2. Kids can find the energy to run around playing football and "dancing" (etc.), but they can't manage to burn 2 extra calories manipulating their lingual musculature so as to properly enunciate words or even form complete sentences. <--That sentence alone is nearly a week's worth of output for today's culture.
As such, it's not a matter of a grunt consuming more time or energy than a syllable. It's a matter of diverging as far as possible from propriety. As for telepathy, that presumes a certain availability of mental faculties.

3. "How is something being "acceptable" to you anything more than an opinion?"

Because it would then have the dazzling quality of being Wavelflack Approved.

"More importantly, what makes your opinion more valid than anybody else's? Seriously. I'd like to know"

That's just the way things are. Do you think it's easy shouldering that kind of burden?

:)

[Lady Jaye]

Count me in with the majority -- I too pronounce it "N.E.S.", not NES.

[Gurn13]

I have always said "N.E.S." it just sounds better to me.

[aaron7]

en eee es

[ubikuberalles]

I pronounce the letters: N.E.S.

Oddly enough I also pronounce Richard Sanders character in WKRP the same way:

L.E.S. N.E.S.S.Man

:)

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

I spell out "NES" but say "SNES" as one word.

[ProjectCamaro]

Woah, a seven year old thread brought back up.

[Einzelherz]

Woah, a seven year old thread brought back up.

Which I find ironic since I was thinking of posting one about it the past couple of days.

[o.pwuaioc]

Why is this a thread again? And why were so many people wrong? It's clearly "Nintendo" or—officially, even!—N. E. S.

[DeputyMoniker]

Why is this a thread again? And why were so many people wrong? It's clearly "Nintendo" or—officially, even!—N. E. S.

Maybe the same reason they pronounce Mario wrong. They just like being wrong?

[BlastProcessing402]

Maybe the same reason they pronounce Mario wrong. They just like being wrong?

Must be why so many people say Enix wrong. It's Phoenix without the F sound at the start, that's where the name came from*, stop saying ehnix. The worst people are those who say sness, though. They can eat a bag of something unpleasant.


*(that and ENIAC, which also has the EE sound, not the EH sound)

[Little Miss Gloom]

Me, browsing the Classic Gaming subforum:

"Oh, look - a thread about how people pronounce the Nintendo initials. I wonder how many nerds are going to totally flip their shit and be flat out dick-holes to the personal preferences of their peers, based on the various societal/commercial experiences said dick-holes blindly do not take into account?"

Why does this even matter? If you really want to know, I call it the "EN-EE-ESS". I also sometimes call it a "Goddamn mother-bitch" when I can't get a specific game to work, but that's not really something that will illuminate the darkness in some poor reader's soul.

[JSoup]

Me, browsing the Classic Gaming subforum:

"Oh, look - a thread about how people pronounce the Nintendo initials. I wonder how many assholes are going to derail the thread to bitch about other people being on about the personal preferences of their peers, based on a failure to understand how discussion and good-natured ribbing works?"

[Little Miss Gloom]

Ooh, burn~

[buzz_n64]

Whenever I hear someone calling it Nes as one word, it pisses me the hell off like crazy! If you call it that, I hate you, just don't say it around me or in a video I'm watching. It's like hearing nails on a chalk board.

N.E.S. plain and simple.

[ColecoFan1981]

Whenever I hear someone calling it Nes as one word, it pisses me the hell off like crazy! If you call it that, I hate you, just don't say it around me or in a video I'm watching. It's like hearing nails on a chalk board.

N.E.S. plain and simple.
Let this topic go A.W.O.L. (and I mean to pronounce that as individual letters, not as one word)

~Ben

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Let this topic go A.W.O.L. (and I mean to pronounce that as individual letters, not as one word)

~Ben

Threads never die. If it's still relevant to someone, why not continue it? People still pronounce NES today, just as they did in 2005. It's not like every NES and everyone's memory of NESes vanished in the nine years.

Some of us here were too young to join Digital Press in 2005 when this article ran its course. To post on this thread in 2005, you would have had to been born before about 1999 just by having to be able to read fluidly and post on a forum. Add to that the language and COPPA, and the threshold falls into the early 1990s.

Threads aren't just for people who were old enough to be on DP when they started. They're for anyone who's old enough today. And some of those people were just 4 years old when this thread was last posted (using 13 as our "old enough" cutoff). So we have the people born between Aug 11, 1992 and May 23, 2001 (as of this post) who never got a chance to post in 2005. Maybe there were some users under 13, but no toddlers I'm sure.

For all we know, people who weren't even born when this thread started could post on it in a few years.

[buzz_n64]

Threads never die. If it's still relevant to someone, why not continue it? People still pronounce NES today, just as they did in 2005. It's not like every NES and everyone's memory of NESes vanished in the nine years.

Some of us here were too young to join Digital Press in 2005 when this article ran its course. To post on this thread in 2005, you would have had to been born before about 1999 just by having to be able to read fluidly and post on a forum. Add to that the language and COPPA, and the threshold falls into the early 1990s.

Threads aren't just for people who were old enough to be on DP when they started. They're for anyone who's old enough today. And some of those people were just 4 years old when this thread was last posted (using 13 as our "old enough" cutoff). So we have the people born between Aug 11, 1992 and May 23, 2001 (as of this post) who never got a chance to post in 2005. Maybe there were some users under 13, but no toddlers I'm sure.

For all we know, people who weren't even born when this thread started could post on it in a few years.

You can't make everyone happy. You will also get people upset if you create a new thread about this. People will make a post directing everyone to an older thread where the same conversation has taken place. I think this is the best solution.

[Zap!]

Whenever I hear someone calling it Nes as one word, it pisses me the hell off like crazy! If you call it that, I hate you, just don't say it around me or in a video I'm watching. It's like hearing nails on a chalk board.

N.E.S. plain and simple.

My feelings exactly on those who say out the letters. :)

[Aussie2B]

Must be why so many people say Enix wrong. It's Phoenix without the F sound at the start, that's where the name came from*, stop saying ehnix. The worst people are those who say sness, though. They can eat a bag of something unpleasant.


*(that and ENIAC, which also has the EE sound, not the EH sound)

I've always pronounced "Enix" with a hard "e", but I can't really fault people who pronounced it with a soft "e". That is, after all, how it is pronounced officially in Japan. The official spelling of "Enix" in katakana is "エニックス" and "エ" is a soft "e" like in "bet". If they really were insistent on people pronouncing it with a hard "e", they could've just as well spelled the name in katakana as "イニックス".

Neither is really wrong in the end. It's sort of like when you hear, say, a news anchor of Hispanic descent reporting on something using plain, flat English suddenly pronounce a Hispanic name exactly as a native Spanish speaker would, accent and all. As a native English speaker, you can pronounce every English loan word in the Japanese language as a native English speaker would say it, but the Japanese have their own standardized way of pronouncing loan words and it's not wrong to do it their way, especially if you're speaking to a Japanese person (it's very possible that, with some words that are heavily altered, they may have no idea what you're saying if you pronounce something like a native English speaker).

[kentgames]

Ahhh its all about the N eee ess. Makes S N eee ess sound even cooler.

Quite proud that my first post on digit was to correct people on how to speak Nintendo, the language of love and gloves.

[Metalwario64]

N. E. S. for me personally. Though I use Super N. E. S. because it rolls off the tongue better for me.

I don't get why anyone would have such strong resentment towards using "NESS" though... It's not my cup of tea, but it doesn't really bother me.

[Polygon]

I always say it by the letters. The other way just sounds weird to me.

[Zap!]

If it's pronounceable, I say the word out. No one says out the letters for N.A.S.A. or I.H.O.P., so why do they say the letters for N.E.S.?

[buzz_n64]

If it's pronounceable, I say the word out. No one says out the letters for N.A.S.A. or I.H.O.P., so why do they say the letters for N.E.S.?

They do for most. F.B.I., A.T.M., D.E.A., A three acronym word is much more common to be simply spelled out, if it's longer than that, people tend to say it as a word or say it differently. The S.N.E.S. is called Super Nintendo by most people, not Sness, because it just sounds horrible.

If I'm explaining the N.E.S. to casual gamers, then occasionally I will refer to it as the original Nintendo.

[Zap!]

They do for most. F.B.I., A.T.M., D.E.A., A three acronym word is much more common to be simply spelled out, if it's longer than that, people tend to say it as a word or say it differently. The S.N.E.S. is called Super Nintendo by most people, not Sness, because it just sounds horrible.

If I'm explaining the N.E.S. to casual gamers, then occasionally I will refer to it as the original Nintendo.

FBI (Fibi?) and ATM (atom maybe?) aren't all that pronounceable. DEA is a little bit, but it's still two syllables with a big stress on the A. Nes is a nice clean word, and I see no reason not to say it out. Maybe it's just the crypto-zoologist in me that likes it. Reminds me of Loch Ness.

[Emperor Megas]

I say it like a word "ness". I don't understand why people would say N.E.S. Any time an acronym makes a pronouncable word, it's spoken as a word. The letters are only said individually if it isn't pronouncable as a word. Examples:

-FBI is not pronouncable as a word so it's said F.B.I.

-SCUBA is pronouncable as a word so it is spoken as such.You ever known any one who was 'hiv' (rhymes with give) positive, or someone who works for the 'cia' (rhymes with Kia)?

[Zap!]

You ever known any one who was 'hiv' (rhymes with live) positive, or someone who works for the 'cia' (rhymes with Kia)?

Yet AIDS is said like a word. C.I.A. isn't said out because it doesn't sound right, and it goes along with F.B.I. and that's spelled out.

[Emperor Megas]

Yet AIDS is said like a word. C.I.A. isn't said out because it doesn't sound right, and it goes along with F.B.I. and that's spelled out.Doesn't sound right? Then why is Black Entertainment Television called B.E.T. be, well, everyone who watches it? Does 'hiv' (sounds like give) also not sound right? Longer acronyms (4 letters+) that are pronounceable are generally spoken as words because it's easier to say and remember, but to claim that there's some de facto rule where acronyms are always said as a word if they're pronounceable is just flat out wrong.

[Zap!]

Doesn't sound right? Then why is Black Entertainment Television is called B.E.T. be, well, everyone who watches it? Does 'hiv' (sounds like give) also not sound right? Longer acronyms (4 letters+) that are pronounceable are generally spoken as words because it's easier to say and remember, but to claim that there's some de facto rule where acronyms are always said as a word if they're pronounceable is just flat out wrong.

So the unwritten rule is that if it's three letters of less, you say out the letters? OK, but it kind of defeats the purpose of abbreviating them in the first place. So HUD (head-up display), pronounced hudd (rhyming with mud) is unique then?

[MaxWar]

When I speak english I say N.E.S ans S.N.E.S

but when I speak French I say Ness and Super-Ness

Funny uh?

[MarioMania]

I call it N.E.S by the letter

I can't stand when they call the Genesis "a Sega"

[Emperor Megas]

So the unwritten rule is that if it's three letters of less, you say out the letters? OK, but it kind of defeats the purpose of abbreviating them in the first place. So HUD (head-up display), pronounced hudd (rhyming with mud) is unique then?Not at all. People sad 'mad' (Mutually Assured Destruction), 'gooey' (Graphic User Interface), 'duey' (Driving While Intoxicated), 'vin' (Vehicle Identification Number), 'pin' (Personal Identification Number), 'sam' (Surface-to-Air Missle), etc..