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minus-squareM500@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 years agoHow did such a large number of people decide on calling it “regular Nintendo” before having internet? Also, I hate when people call it “Ness”
minus-squareChronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years agoI’m guessing once the snes came out and the ‘regular’ just made sense to mean ‘not-super’
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years ago“You will accept Dommy Mommy Nintendo’s strap on as you buy the 6 year old game that is STILL full price.” whip💥
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoI worked in an Electronic Boutique (now GameStop) years and years and years ago. I still think about the kid that came in and asked for a sness.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years ago“Sness” is way less unacceptable than “ness” to me, for some reason.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoSame ppl call their weedwhacker a “strimmer”
minus-squareMeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI’ve heard it pronounced “ess-ness” and “snezz” and “sness” All are equally terrible.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago“Snezz” is fine. Source: Called it “Snezz”.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoIt only really became NES once the SNES came out. Before that it was just Nintendo.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI still just call it “Nintendo”.
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to it as “ness”. I think I’d be confused – what does the Loch Ness Monster have to do with gaming? – until they clarified.
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoAnybody remember Nester?
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago Also, I hate when people call it “Ness” Do you hate it when they write it? To my ears it would be the same.
minus-squareM500@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’ll give the Europeans a pass, but not the French.
How did such a large number of people decide on calling it “regular Nintendo” before having internet?
Also, I hate when people call it “Ness”
I’m guessing once the snes came out and the ‘regular’ just made sense to mean ‘not-super’
Sub Nintendo.
Dom Nintendo 🥺👉👈
“You will accept Dommy Mommy Nintendo’s strap on as you buy the 6 year old game that is STILL full price.” whip💥
I worked in an Electronic Boutique (now GameStop) years and years and years ago.
I still think about the kid that came in and asked for a sness.
“Sness” is way less unacceptable than “ness” to me, for some reason.
Same ppl call their weedwhacker a “strimmer”
I’ve heard it pronounced “ess-ness” and “snezz” and “sness”
All are equally terrible.
“Snezz” is fine.
Source: Called it “Snezz”.
It only really became NES once the SNES came out.
Before that it was just Nintendo.
I still just call it “Nintendo”.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to it as “ness”. I think I’d be confused – what does the Loch Ness Monster have to do with gaming? – until they clarified.
Anybody remember Nester?
How about NESticle
Do you hate it when they write it?
To my ears it would be the same.
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I’ll give the Europeans a pass, but not the French.