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    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was the second home console released by Nintendo.

    "Snes", "S-N-E-S" or something else?

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    #1  Edited By sickVisionz
    When I first got into video game podcast I was always confused about this "snes" that everyone played growing up.  I figured it was super old pre-NES console that I'd never heard of but then someone mentioned that it had Mario on it and I finally connected that they were referring to the, "S-N-E-S" or "Super Nintendo." 
     
    To this day, podcasts are the only places where I've heard it called "snes" and not "super nintendo" or "S-N-E-S".  Is this the norm?
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    #2  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    I've always called it a snes. S-N-E-S takes too much work to say for my dumb American mouth.

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    #3  Edited By PillClinton

    Funny, I always heard "snes" throughout the years. 

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    #4  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    sness sounds horrible 
     
    S N E S sounds better

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    #5  Edited By ZombiePie

    I have always pronounced it S-NES...I have been informed that this is not correct.

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    #6  Edited By McGhee

    I always said Super Nintendo.

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    #7  Edited By Leviticus128

    Snes but tbh I say nes as well. Mind you I'm from the uk and have never hear any of my friends say N-E-S or S-N-E-S

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    #8  Edited By AlexW00d

    I always call it a Super Nintendo when speaking. SNES when writing.

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    #9  Edited By TheGreatGuero
    @AlexW00d said:
    I always call it a Super Nintendo when speaking. SNES when writing.
    This man knows what's up!
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    #10  Edited By ajamafalous

    N-E-S, but Snes.

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    #11  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    Snes.  What's the point of an acronym that takes longer to say than the regular word/name?

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    #12  Edited By waitwhat
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    sness sounds horrible  S N E S sounds better
    this. i've never heard it pronounced sness before.
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    #13  Edited By sameeeeam

    I've always called it a Snes.

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    #14  Edited By Franstone

    Super Nofriendo
    heh...
     
    I always just called it Super Nintendo.

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    #15  Edited By JasonR86

    Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
     
    It makes me sound classy.

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    #16  Edited By JJOR64

    S-N-E-S for me.

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    #17  Edited By Marz

    Super Nintendo

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    #18  Edited By WickedCestus

    I just call it Snes because I think it's funnier that way.

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    #19  Edited By FreakAche

    It's S-N-E-S or Super Nintendo. Snes just sounds dumb.

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    #20  Edited By damodar
    @WinterSnowblind said:
    Snes.  What's the point of an acronym that takes longer to say than the regular word/name?
    Snes IS the acronym :P S.N.E.S is the initialism. *adjusts arrogance hat*
     
    To the OP, I say Snes. I agree it sounds horrible, but growing up, I NEVER heard S.N.E.S. But that sounds stupid too and takes about 4 times longer to say. 
     
    The argument that people use that you should say the initials because it stands for something is totally stupid though. You don't hear people say "I'm going S.C.U.B.A diving on the weekend." By that reasoning, acronyms shouldn't exist at all. THEN THERE'D BE NO FUBAR.
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    #21  Edited By solidlife

    SNES was always said in london for me.

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    #22  Edited By BrickRoad

    SNES when I write, Super Nintendo or Snez when I say it. Yeah, SneZ, using the hard S sound due to the lack of extra S.

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    #24  Edited By EVO

    Snez.

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    #25  Edited By Cloudenvy

    Snes!

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    #26  Edited By Gaff
    @McGhee_the_Insomniac said:
    I always said Super Nintendo.
    This. 
     
    Also, the rest of you are freaks, I tell you! FREAKS!
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    #27  Edited By xyzygy

    I have always said Super Nintendo and always will. Best console ever.

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    #28  Edited By Scarlet_Rogue

    I cringe everytime I hear someone say Snes. I say Super Nintendo. I heard some 20 year old kid the other day call it "original nintendo" when talking with him about Star Fox.

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    #29  Edited By TheHT

    I used to always call it Super N.E.S.

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    #30  Edited By papercut
    @McGhee_the_Insomniac said:
    I always said Super Nintendo.
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    #31  Edited By elyk247

    I call it my Super Famicom. (not really)

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    #32  Edited By demonbear
    @McGhee_the_Insomniac said:
    I always said Super Nintendo.
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    #33  Edited By wrighteous86

    Super Nintendo, Super N-E-S or S-N-E-S are the only acceptable answers (in that order). I wonder if this is a regional thing?

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    #34  Edited By MikkaQ

    It's been nes and snes my whole life, spelling out acronyms are literally useless if it takes more time to say each letter than just saying acronym like a word. 

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    #35  Edited By Kyreo
    @WinterSnowblind said:
    Snes.  What's the point of an acronym that takes longer to say than the regular word/name?
    Yep.
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    #36  Edited By icicle7x3

    I call it the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
     
    Anything less than that is blasphemy.

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    #37  Edited By keris
    @WinterSnowblind said:
    Snes.  What's the point of an acronym that takes longer to say than the regular word/name?
    S.N.E.S. is far shorter than Super Nintendo Entertainment System. But even then, what about www for World Wide Web?
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    #38  Edited By yetiantics

    I was a Genesis kid. Cousin had a SNES though, and we were next door neighbors. 
     
    We called it "Super Nintendo". 
    None of this abbreviated crap.

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    #39  Edited By duskvamp

    I've never heard anyone say S-N-E-S, but then I've never heard any of my friends say snes either, I don't think they'd know what it is. I'd say snes or Super Nintendo.

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    Always 'Snes'.

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    #41  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    I've heard it called the "Snes", "S.N.E.S." or "Super Nintendo" and as far as I can tell there's no solid consensus on which one is the norm. Personally I call it the "Snes".

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    #42  Edited By WoodenPlatypus

    sness
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    #43  Edited By SMTDante89

    I said Super Nintendo growing up, but in the past few years, I've been saying S-N-E-S

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    #44  Edited By tim_the_corsair

    Shhhuuupahh Nin-teennnnn-dooooo in an ultra-racist Japanese accent.

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    #45  Edited By JCGamer

    I've always referred to it as a "Super Nintendo".  I've only heard people say SNES on podcasts.

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    #46  Edited By ShaggE

    "Ol' Supey-Supes". 

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    #47  Edited By Moth_Pope

    Always called it a 'snes' here, too. I think it's definitely more of a UK thing though, as most American's seem to call it the S.N.E.S. from what I've heard.

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    #48  Edited By AuthenticM

    I've always pronounced it "S" followed by "nes". Two syllables.

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    #49  Edited By tebbit

    S-N-E-S, dawwwwwg.

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    #50  Edited By Maajin

    Some friends used to say "Super NES".

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