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Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by shrikant on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:44PM (#10240218)
Is the name a deliberate attempt to sound like "penis"? I'm asking because it reminds me of the first NES emulator I ever used, which went by the name of NESticle!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle

Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by gutomaia on Friday September 18, 2015 @02:12PM (#10240996)
If it does pronounce that way in your language, it was just coincidence. By the way, NESticle was a great emulator back then. Wroted in assembly and used to run flawless on my 486!
Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by rexignis on Friday September 18, 2015 @01:19PM (#10240509)
Do you pronounce Py as 'pee'? If so that's interesting. Py is pronounced 'pie' in my head and when I occasionally say it aloud.
Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by ConnorG on Friday September 18, 2015 @01:48PM (#10240794)
The name of that emulator coinciding with the word testicle was on purpose right?

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one who thought this back then.

Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by cobralibre on Friday September 18, 2015 @05:39PM (#10242215)
A Google Images search for "nesticle icon" should clear up any doubt.
Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by tdicola on Friday September 18, 2015 @02:02PM (#10240914)
I doubt it, lots of python projects stick 'Py' on the front. PyGame, Pyglet, PyQT, etc.
Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by catshirt on Friday September 18, 2015 @03:14PM (#10241437)
yes, and "Pyglet" shows that the Py preface does not always follow the hard Y sound of Python.

so we can get pretty close, we might be able to pronounce it "pinnis".

Re:PyNES: Write NES Games in Python by mod on Friday September 18, 2015 @05:03PM (#10242042)
Yeah, you can pronounce it that way if you want, and you could say "pie-glet," too--it doesn't mean it was a 'deliberate attempt.'