Pronounciation of ZSNES?

Sol · Post by **Sol** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:51 pm

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

Perhaps no one will ever know.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:54 pm

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

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:55 pm

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

Sith · Post by **Sith** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:29 pm

Nr 3 here.

aminalshmu · Post by **aminalshmu** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:54 am

Zee-Sness! The one true way.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:08 am

I'll have a Number 1 please, eh.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:10 am

"That emulator named snes with a Z."

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:15 am

Zed-Snez. That's how we Britons do it.

Post by **Agozer** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:37 am

Zee-Snes

or Zed-Snes.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:13 am

ZEE-SNEZ FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!

DEFIANT · Post by **DEFIANT** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:02 am

Z-S-N-E-S
pronouncing each letter

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:10 am

DEFIANT wrote:Z-S-N-E-S
pronouncing each letter

Same here. It feels normal to me.

Truth Unknown · Post by **Truth Unknown** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:38 am

Ditto, Z - S - N - E - S.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:17 am

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.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:54 am

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

Lord Alpha · Post by **Lord Alpha** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:50 pm

Z-SNESS

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:28 pm

zed-es-ness

kieran_ · Post by **kieran_** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:06 pm

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:33 am

franpa_9 wrote:zed-es-ness

I say it like this just a lot less canadian.

zee ess ness

VietBitter · Post by **VietBitter** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:54 pm

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

Zed-Snes thanks..

Post by **Nach** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:16 pm

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".

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:38 pm

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.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:04 pm

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.

VietBitter · Post by **VietBitter** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:47 am

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

Post by **Nach** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:39 am

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".