Barkley said:
Nes and Snes are single syllable words as opposed to there 3-4 syllable acronyms. That's why it makes sense. There's quite a few examples, Kotor is pronounced as a word though it's an abbreviation of Knights of the Old Republic. Dota is pronounced as a word, even though it's an abbreviation of Dawn of the Ancients. WoW is pronounced as a word, (World of Warcraft) If it sounds ok, and it's easier to say then it will be used.
NATO is a non-gaming example. |
Ka-pi96 said:
Agree with this. If pronouncing it as a word is straightforward then I'd always do that rather than waste time pronouncing each individual letter. It's only when they lack vowels and thus are difficult to try and pronounce that I'd go for letters. |
guiduc said:
I live in Quebec and it's not always the case! I could even go as far as telling you that some organizations do it on purpose so you can pronounce it as a full word, even though it is an abbreviation. In France, the Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs, which promotes video games and players to politics, institutions and media, is abbreviated SELL. We pronounce it as is, ''sell''. In Quebec, AQTIS, which is the regroupment for all technicians of image and sound, is straightly said as ''A-k-ti-ss''. On the other hand, the regroupment for actors UDA is spelled with letters ''You-Dee-A''. So we say Ness for NES and Super Nintendo for SNES. |
True. Good points by all. I guess it's more odd to me, because I mostly avoid using abbreviations both when talking and typing unless they are extremely commonplace. When I hear NESS and SNESS (or SNEZZ), I do know what people are referring to. But if someone asked me if TWOK was one of my all-time favorite movies, I wouldn't instantly know they were talking about The Wrath of Khan. I don't like to generally assume that everyone will recognize what I'm talking about when it comes to game or movie titles especially. I'm the type of person who sees/hears abbreviations used for those things and then has to spend time either trying to figure out what the person is referring to, or flat out ask them. Which then eliminates any time saved by not typing or saying a few extra letters/syllables.
