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Pronouce PWN.

Pawn
Pown
Pwon
Pwan
Poon
Puun
Peun
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dude677

« on: December 17, 2005, 07:43:18 AM »
Ok, no poll here. Phew...

Anyway, how do you pronounce PWN? Is it pronounced:
-Powned
-Owned
-Pawned
-There is no way to pronounce [pwn].
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Vidgmchtr

« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2005, 08:00:46 AM »
I pronounce it the same as "owned", just type it with a p.
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Glorb

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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2005, 09:13:56 AM »
You can't actually pronounce pwn in real life. The word pwn was coined in 1999 (I think) by Counter-Strike player Chris...uh, McVredremwenen. Anyway, Chris McVredremwenen was typing about how he "owned" someone, a phrase coined in 1997 by Doom II champion ...erm, Jeff...Smitty, and accidentally hit a P instead of an O. Therefore, the language known as l33t was born. The word l33t was coined in 2000 by Tim Webresdevncer.
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dude677

« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2005, 12:00:37 PM »
Yeah, I think I konw that, but how COULD you pronounce it?
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Screech

« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2005, 01:18:41 PM »
I jokingly pronounce it the way it's spelled. "puh-wuh-un" as a one syllable word.
I've heard it pronounced "pawn", before, so I assumed that was the accepted pronunciation.
Of course, until recently, I didn't even know what the word meant...
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2005, 01:22:03 PM »
I rarely use it, but I did recently as "pawned!" when I was playing chess. My pawn got a knight or something so I said "pawned!" Pretty appropriate, huh?
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TEM

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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2005, 03:06:04 PM »
Powned.
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PaperLuigi

« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2005, 04:29:54 PM »
I always thought it was pawned, just because a pawn in a chess game is the weakest piece.
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Lizard Dude

« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2005, 05:43:25 PM »
Don't listen to Glorb; 1337 has been around long, long before 1999, 1997, and 2000.

It's pronounced (I pronounce it) powned. Not like pound, either. Like Edgar Allan.

Mr. Wiggles

« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2005, 08:11:24 PM »
Edgar Allen Pwned

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Yeah I pronounce it powned too.
As a game that requires six friends, an HDTV, and skill, I can see why the majority of TMK is going to hate on it hard.

Khold

« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2005, 09:22:35 PM »
Okay, "pwn" came out to be just a typo of "own", so there isn't really a right way to pronounce pwn. People say it because it is supposed to be better than "owned". I hope that cleared this up.

Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2005, 12:04:28 AM »
A guy at work today pronounced it "powned," which is the way I, Lizard Dude, TEM, and everyone else smart pronounces it.
Khold is wrong.
That was a joke.

CashCrazed

« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2005, 12:39:17 AM »
I say powned too, and UrbanDictionary.com also shows that more people say it that way.

Everyone else just got pwned.
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2005, 02:38:45 AM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on December 18, 2005, 12:04:28 AM
A guy at work today pronounced it "powned," which is the way I, Lizard Dude, TEM, and everyone else smart pronounces it.
Khold is wrong.

Smart people pronounce it?

Vidgmchtr

« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2005, 08:27:51 AM »
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