NES & SNES Or N.E.S. & S.N.E.S.

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17 Feb 2009, 10:13 am

This is a random thread, what do you call your Nintendo consoles in reviews or whatever?

In my opinion it's a NES or SNES and those that say the others are bad with their pronouneciation.

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17 Feb 2009, 11:36 am

I used to put the periods in about 20 years ago
(i.e. N.E.S. for Nintendo Entertainment System).
Now, I treat it as an acronym (no periods, just NES)
As for the other one, I simply call it Super NES.

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17 Feb 2009, 12:55 pm

I think either is exceptable and it doesn't really matter... just my 2 cents.

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17 Feb 2009, 1:38 pm

are there rules for the periods in acronyms?

it _looks_ better without, USA / U.S.A., EU / E.U., USSR / U.S.S.R.

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17 Feb 2009, 1:55 pm

Do you mean how do we type it, or how do we say it out loud?

I type it without periods, but if I say it out loud, I pronounce each letter.

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18 Feb 2009, 3:48 am

Say it out loud of course. :roll:

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18 Feb 2009, 3:58 am

Oh... I didn't realize that. In that case i still think it doesn't matter. I personally just call them "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo"

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18 Feb 2009, 2:23 pm

just the nes and the snes why would u say each letter individually thats silly

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19 Feb 2009, 1:08 am

I say nes and super nes...

It makes you wonder if that's where the main character of Earthbound got his name from...

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19 Feb 2009, 5:06 am

MegaAndy wrote:

just the nes and the snes why would u say each letter individually thats silly

Thats what Nerd and most reviewers do. Thats what the poll is about.

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19 Feb 2009, 7:42 pm

NES and SNES. A string of capital letters together usually implies an acronym. Anything else is just yelling...

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20 Feb 2009, 4:15 pm

ToadOfSteel wrote:

It makes you wonder if that's where the main character of Earthbound got his name from...

Most likely. In the US NES prototype (Earthbound Zero) the main character's name was Ninten.

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