Pronounciation of ZSNES?

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Pronounciation of ZSNES?

Post by Sol »

1. Zed-Ess-En-Ee-Ess?
2. Zee-Sness?
3. Zed-Sness?

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Post by xamenus »

#3 I believe is the original, "formal" way to pronounce it, since ZSNES was created by Canadians.
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Post by Jipcy »

I personally say "Zee Ess Enn Eee Ess" in my head.

However, I pronounce bsnes "bee sness".

Vaguely relavent thread: http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4944
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Zee-Sness! The one true way.
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I'll have a Number 1 please, eh.
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Post by Clements »

Zed-Snez. That's how we Britons do it.
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Post by Agozer »

Zee-Snes

or Zed-Snes.
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Post by DEFIANT »

Z-S-N-E-S
pronouncing each letter
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Post by snkcube »

DEFIANT wrote:Z-S-N-E-S
pronouncing each letter
Same here. It feels normal to me.
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Post by Truth Unknown »

Ditto, Z - S - N - E - S.
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Post by adventure_of_link »

Didn't we already discuss before ?

Oh wait, it was oblterated...

In any case, I pronounce ZSNES by each letter, Z.S.N.E.S.
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Post by creaothceann »

For me it's #1 as well, and B S N E S.
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Post by franpa »

zed-es-ness
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Post by kieran_ »

#3
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Post by SquareHead »

franpa_9 wrote:zed-es-ness
I say it like this just a lot less canadian.

zee ess ness
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Post by VietBitter »

Since when do u pronounce acronyms by spelling each letter out loud? NASA, NATO anyone?

Zed-Snes thanks..
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Post by Nach »

VietBitter wrote:Since when do u pronounce acronyms by spelling each letter out loud? NASA, NATO anyone?
USA? UN? UK? AKA?
Do you spell those out or pronounce them as a word?

And by your logic Zed-Snes is incorrect, because you're pronouncing the Z as a letter not a sound, your logic would dictate that you'd have to say: "Zeesness".
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Post by Ichinisan »

I grew up in the United States of America where absolutely no one called the Nintendo Entertainment System "ness". Everyone and his/her uncle called it the "Nintendo" or the "N.E.S." as it was heard in the television commercials ("Introducing...Super Gameboy for Super N.E.S!"). Throughout the duration of the 8 and 16 bit eras, I never heard a soul pronounce it phonetically even once.

When Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World was not yet released for GBA, I watched a Gamespot video review in which the reviewer was obviously a complete retard who had never owned an SNES. In the review, he said both "ness" and "sness" and it completely threw me for a loop.

I wanted to punch his fucking face in...I don't know why.
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Post by grinvader »

Nintendo's consoles were presented as the "nes" and "es-nes" here.
Also, all english classes in mid and highschool are teaching 'Z' is pronounced "zed" - maybe some very advanced american-specific litterary classes in universities teach that american say 'zee'.
[The first time I actually realized that myself was while playing Uniracers (in which zee flip is called 'Z flip')]

So zsnes is zed-es-nes in my mind. "Zee-es-nes" sounds like a castrated pedophile saying "The SNES" to me, no offense folks haha.
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Nach wrote:
VietBitter wrote:Since when do u pronounce acronyms by spelling each letter out loud? NASA, NATO anyone?
USA? UN? UK? AKA?
Do you spell those out or pronounce them as a word?


Those Acronyms sound too retarded if u pronounce it as a word not by letter.

And by your logic Zed-Snes is incorrect, because you're pronouncing the Z as a letter not a sound, your logic would dictate that you'd have to say: "Zeesness".
How else do u pronounce the letter Z? I say "Zed" not "Zee" thus Zed-Snes
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Post by Nach »

VietBitter wrote:
Nach wrote:
VietBitter wrote:Since when do u pronounce acronyms by spelling each letter out loud? NASA, NATO anyone?
USA? UN? UK? AKA?
Do you spell those out or pronounce them as a word?


Those Acronyms sound too retarded if u pronounce it as a word not by letter.

And by your logic Zed-Snes is incorrect, because you're pronouncing the Z as a letter not a sound, your logic would dictate that you'd have to say: "Zeesness".
How else do u pronounce the letter Z? I say "Zed" not "Zee" thus Zed-Snes
Why should you pronounce Z as a letter? Just like NASA you should read it as the sound for Z, thus "Zeesness" or perhaps "Zisness".
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