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When did the pronunciation change from N-E-S to Nes?

Of the people I knew as a kid, the “N.E.S.”/“Nes” divide was about even (I’m in the US)

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UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I use both interchangeably, though the SNES is always just Snes.

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- _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’ve never heard anyone refer to either as nes or snes, it was always spelled out.
  
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- petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Ah, the Sneeze.
  
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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
When I was a kid we just called it a Nintendo. We didn’t start using any pronunciation of “NES” until later consoles were out.

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Kimjongtooill@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I hadn’t heard “nes” until very recently. Was always N.E.S. to anyone I talked to. Granted, I’m 39. I thought for sure it was the next gen that started calling it that.

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