Silly poll: FS-ex or FS10?

[IanP]

I have nice sans serif numbers on the clock and call it "ex", although as has already been mentioned by someone else, its predecessor, "Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" is very firmly "Eff Ess Nine".

 

[waka172rg]

X rated

 

[Pepere]

I call it ten because ex sounds like youre all done - as in X wife, X girlfriend. so X would imply Flight Sim is "Done"??????????????????????

David

 

[Javis]

I was wondering, is it because English is not my native tongue that i have to remind you English speaking simmers that the true meaning of 'ex' encompasses a.o. : ' ceased to be' , 'passed on', 'is no more', 'expired and gone to meet its maker', 'pushing up the daisies' , ' off the twig', 'kicked the bucket', 'shuffled off its mortal coil'... ?

Is it therefore not highly predictable that you have been asking for trouble by persistently calling the latest version of our precious and dearly beloved flight simulator 'FS EX' !!???.....

And it worked too, didn't it !! FS has indeed kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, has run down the coil and joined the bleedin' choir invisible '. It is an EX Flight Simulator ! And it's all your fault !!

We would've all been anticipating the arrival of FSXI if you'd have done like us, dutch, call it FSX with 'X' pronounced as 'icks'..... Nuthin to do with 'ex' ....

Too late now...

cheers,
jan

 

[DB93]

lol Jan,

Now that I think about it, maybe it was a freudian slip by MS to name it FSX? A harbinger of things to (not) come? Although I'm not too sure that referring to it as 'icks' is much better since, as an english-speaking person, that sounds too much like 'icky' (disgusting, gross) to me lol.

 

[CBris]

Do you mean effsex, Nick? I have often wondered why it's called that, but then flying is better than "S"

Of course, I often call it (effessex that is) many other far less complimentary things when it crashes...

 

[Nick C]

Careful Chris, you're nearly swearing at Essex there, any inhabitants of the county may get upset. Not that I care, southern fairies.

 

[Odie]

"EX" with a heavy Louisiana drawl.....

 

[Chacha]

FSEX, you have to be careful how you write that, but it's how I pronounce it. I leave Roman numerals to the Romans...oh and when telling the time from the clock in my kitchen.

FSX... = ef-es-ex....

I love it pronounced like this ef-es-ex... than ef-es-ten!

 

[SkippyBing]

FSX, it's a syllable shorter than FS Ten and I'm lazy...

 

[SabreAce]

With an X here. Which is a little strange, since everything else with a Roman X I call Ten.

 

[ryanbatc]

X ...

 

[Bjoern]

Ef-es-sex.

 

[dswo]

x = ex-, formerly
x = experimental
x = unknown ("the x-factor")
x = xtreme

 

[Henry]

i say fsex
just like the 2 ronnies
F U Ne X S V F X
its a long story:isadizzy:
[YOUTUBE]zkWMcRlE1mQ[/YOUTUBE]
H

 

[Chacha]

x = ex-, formerly
x = experimental
x = unknown ("the x-factor")
x = xtreme

To Add:

Extraordinary! :ernae:

 

[djscoo]

I say "ex"

By the way, that was hilarious Henry!

 

[IanP]

I keep quoting that Two Ronnies sketch at people and they look at me as if I'm from another planet. Glad to see someone else finds it amusing. :ernae:

 

[Henry]

I keep quoting that Two Ronnies sketch at people and they look at me as if I'm from another planet. Glad to see someone else finds it amusing. :ernae:

thats why i had to find the clip
too complicated to explain
i get a lot of people who think im from a different planet
but i have my alien card
good job they didnt have fsz
would it be zee zed or 26?
H

 

[Zommoz]

FS has indeed kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, has run down the coil and joined the bleedin' choir invisible '. It is an EX Flight Simulator

No, no! ...it's just pining for the fjords!