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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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How do you say it?
I prefer "an".
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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The latter. Always. It's just seems correct.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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I always referred to it as my Nintendo. In fact, I never had to explain until the last generation, who automatically assume that the Nintendo I'm talking about meant N64. And when Super NES came out, I just called it Super.
However if someone does asks it's "An En-ee-ess".
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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Agreed. "an N-E-S." Never, EVER, "ness."
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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I believe Nintendo's commercials said N-E-S, too.
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Rydog
Title: Dragon Slayer
Joined: Aug 11 2009
Location: Massachusetts
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en ee ess for sure...tho i always called Super Nintendo a sness
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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When it first came out I called it "an N-E-S". However, when the SNES came out, I called that "a super ness" or "sness". From that point forward the NES became "ness".
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I believe Nintendo's commercials said N-E-S, too. |
I recall a lot of the ads referring to it in full as the "Nintendo Entertainment System".
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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| Rydog wrote: |
| en ee ess for sure...tho i always called Super Nintendo a sness |
Holy shit, Rydog! Long time no see!
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Location: Wakefield, MA
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| Rydog wrote: |
| en ee ess for sure...tho i always called Super Nintendo a sness |
Nintendo skirted that issue by referring to it as a Super NES.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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I just call it a Nintendo.
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Syd Lexia
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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It just flows better as "enieyess" in my head. Some acronyms sound better when pronounced as a word, like NATO (NAY-TO), or NAMBLA, while some sound better with each letter pronounced separately like SEC, or WTC.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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I went with the Acronym approach, so en-e-ess. then Super en-e-ess,
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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I say both to be fair but N-E-S more commonly.
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Thunderhorse
Title: This is DELICIOUS!
Joined: Dec 29 2009
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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An En-EE-Ess and An Ess En-EE-Ess.
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pineapple
Joined: Nov 11 2009
Location: Cajun Country
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I say both but usually N-E-S.
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lavalarva
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Joined: Dec 04 2006
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I say "a NES" more often because I tend to pronounce the anagram as En-euh-ess and that just doesn't sound well.
But anyway I almost always refer to it as "Old Nintendo".
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Captain_Pollution
Title: Hugh
Joined: Sep 23 2007
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I call it a Nintendo, and the SNES a Super Nintendo.
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
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I call the NES the 'En-Ee-Es', SNES the 'S-En-Ee-Es' or 'Super En-Ee-Ess', Nintendo 64 the 'En-sixtyfour', GameCube the 'Gee-Cee-En' (sometimes En-Gee-Cee) and Wii the 'We'.
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In list form:
NES - En-Ee-Es
SNES - S-En-Ee-Es, Super En-Ee-Ess
N64 - En-sixtyfour
Gamecube (GCN) - Gee-Cee-En (En-Gee-Cee)
Wii - 'We'
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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I've never even heard anyone refer to it as the "Ness" in person. I've only heard "En Ee Es" or just straight "Nintendo". If they call it a "Nintendo" they usually add a qualifier like "original Nintendo" or "8-bit Nintendo".
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Captain_Pollution
Title: Hugh
Joined: Sep 23 2007
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I don't think I've ever referred to the Gamecube by its initials, even online.
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<Drew_Linky> Well, I've eaten vegetables all of once in my life.
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Undeath
Title: Facepuncher of Asses
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: Here
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I usually just called them Nintendo or Super Nintendo.
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Rydog
Title: Dragon Slayer
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Location: Massachusetts
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| Captain_Pollution wrote: |
| I don't think I've ever referred to the Gamecube by its initials, even online. |
Yeah, I always called it GameCube, never anything else. I don't think I even referred to it as Nintendo at all.
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