The Pronounciation of "Pwned."

[hammerhead84]

Think about it, the slang term "pwn" and its variants, "pwned", and "pwnage", all derive themselves from the misspelling of own, owned, and ownage due to the fact that the "p" key is next to the "o" key.

Now I don't speak for the whole internet, but a mere suggestion from me, is that the pronunciation of the root word "pwn" is the same as the word own. HOWEVER, the 10th season of South Park comes along, and in the World of Warcraft episode, Cartman's character says "you're about to get pwned", thus changing everyone's opinion of the pronunciation into one solitary sound of "powned", which I don't think is correct.

How come South Park gets to have that much effect on old internet slang?
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Can you tell I'm bored yet?

[Echo-Konosko]

i hate that word my 12 year old cousin wont shut the fuck up about how im a "noob" and i get "pwned"
then he calls me the nerd.

[RKthrilla]

Whenever someone says PWNED in real life, I kick them square in the balls and say OWNED

not really

I hate when people use internet words in real life, it DOESN'T make you cool.

[Neenja-SkLz]

The only time I really think about how an internet word sounds is in my head and not out loud.

But I would say that "pwned" would be pronounced "pawned." Just a guess, though.

[Obsessed117]

I usually just say owned.

I die a little inside whenever someone says pwned phonetically.

[Piss]

I pronounce pwned as pwint. I never use the word pwn.

[Swindle]

You know. I say "Owned" IRL. It just seems the right time to say it at times. If somebody trips over something I would always say "Owned."

I hardly ever say "Pwned" because I personally jsut don't like that slang term.

[HeavyMetalGuy]

At 7/4/09 01:47 AM, RKthrilla wrote:
I hate when people use internet words in real life, it DOESN'T make you cool.

it's funny though.

[Swindle]

At 7/4/09 01:53 AM, metalguy777 wrote:

At 7/4/09 01:47 AM, RKthrilla wrote:
I hate when people use internet words in real life, it DOESN'T make you cool.

it's funny though.

Yeah, it could be funny sometimes. I just don't think people should say it in every sentence they use. It gets really stupid.

[Adio]

I don't say "pwned" because I'm not an asshole who brings the internet into real life.

[Blaze-Heatnix]

I just say pohned.

[rawr359]

If you must say it, I think the most common way is "poned", but please, for the love of all that is holy, just say owned. Get it? Just say owned? Like "just say no"? Ah fuck it.

[111122223138]

At 7/4/09 01:47 AM, RKthrilla wrote: Whenever someone says PWNED in real life, I kick them square in the balls and say OWNED

that'd be fucking epic :D

[Mind-Edge]

I say it like pwnt just to sound really stupid.

[CryogenChaos]

While I usually don't like using Interanet words in the aboveground real world, if ever i'm having a conversation about Internet terms and "pwn" comes up, I usually pronounce it "pooned".

[Armerad]

I have and will think of pooned, such as NPH, National Poon Handler.

[AndrewGlisson13]

I never say "pwned". Not even on the internet.

"Owned" is much better.

[ParadoxVoid]

I normally pronounce it like "pawned" in my head, since that is how it appears to me in written form. Also, I suppose subconsciously it reminds me of a pawn, that being someone much weaker than you. Also, when I was first exposed to it, I had no idea what the roots behind the word were.

[MissingNYC]

At 7/4/09 01:47 AM, RKthrilla wrote: Whenever someone says PWNED in real life, I kick them square in the balls and say OWNED

YEAH ME TOO

not really

well, fuck you

I hate when people use internet words in real life, it DOESN'T make you cool.

like LULZ?!