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How do you pronounce NES/SNES?

As words 89 47.34%
 
As letters 99 52.66%
 
Total:188
SegataSanshiro said:
As letters. I hate HATE the monsters who pronounce it as a word.

Wow, call me crazy but I seriously thought EVERYONE pronounced it as letters. There are people who actually call it the Snes? Oh my god that just sounds so wrong to me. Everyone around me always called it by letters so this is just earth-shattering to me. I'm actually pretty shocked right now hahaha.



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Everyone in UK pronounces it as a word, it seems those in USA prounounce it as letters.

It seems way too much effort to pronounce it as letters.....

Last edited by Nogamez - on 07 November 2017

Sometimes as letters, N-E-S, while other times as...

 



Insidb said:
These poll results are trash.

I guarantee you that, 99% of the time, people are NOT saying, "Entertainment System."

I dont think you understand the question 



Nogamez said:
Insidb said:
These poll results are trash.

I guarantee you that, 99% of the time, people are NOT saying, "Entertainment System."

I dont think you understand the question 

"As words" is a poll choice.

As words, they are "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" or "Nintendo Entertainment System."



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I pronounce the letters, so cringy when I hear people pronouncing them as words



I used to say the letters, but the four syllable "ess en ee ess" is a mouthful compared to "snes".



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Ka-pi96 said:
Insidb said:

"As words" is a poll choice.

As words, they are "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" or "Nintendo Entertainment System."

By words I mean saying nes and/or snes as if it were a 1 syllable word.

I will not abide this monstrous abuse of the English language.

Shame...Shame...Shame!



I did say them as letters before, but now I find myself saying them as words. SNES does sounds pretty cool to me. Sometimes I call the PS4 as PS 4 when I'm talking games with my friends, as well as the xbone xD

Either way, I don't mind. I'll get what you mean with either saying.



 

              

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manuel said:
I call them N E S (single letters) and Super Nintendo respectively.

Once I got the Japanese one, I started refering to that one as the Supa Fami and still do, haha



 

              

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