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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:30 PM // 21:30   #1
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All I want to know is how to pronounce pwn. My friends and I have been argueing for the last few weeks on this and it has become quite lively. Is it pone or pawn or some other obscene wording. PLZ HELP ME!!!!
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:32 PM // 21:32   #2
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:34 PM // 21:34   #3
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In my mind, I "hear" the word "own" but with pursed lips as if to say "pawn."

How do you pronounce PLZ? j/k
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:42 PM // 21:42   #4
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Pronunciation: (p??n) Originally a misspelling of the word own, as in to totally have a skillful advantage over someone or something pwn is to more than just own; to pwn.
pwn (vt. or vi.) 1. to defeat (someone)thoroughly or to a great extent 2. to outdo or outmatch (someone) past tense - pwnt or pwned ( ? < leet speak/gaming terminology p + (o)wn)

Multi-meanings per gameplay. FPS : Point Whoring; Taking opportunity to amass points quickly with little opposition.

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PWN (verb)
1. An act of dominating an opponent.
2. Great, ingenious; applied to methods and objects.
Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer mispelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supose to be "player has been owned." was "player has been pwned".

Pwn eventually grew from there and is now used throughout the online world, especially in online games.
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The verb to pwn (past tense: pwned, pwnd, pwn'd, pwnt, pooned) as used by the Internet gaming subculture, means to beat or dominate an opponent. While it probably originated as a typing error of the word own, it is now used intentionally by many members of the subculture. The term has become so ubiquitous in Internet circles that it is often used outside of gaming contexts; for example, "He just got pwned in that debate" or "The hunters pwned that bear."

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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:51 PM // 21:51   #5
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I've always said it like pony without the y.
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:56 PM // 21:56   #6
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The three most popular pronunciations of Pwn that I see are:

Puh-own
Pawn
Poon
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 10:01 PM // 22:01   #7
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Pwn is just a jackass typo of own...
Just don't use the word all together, you'll just sound stupid.
I'm not kidding.
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 10:05 PM // 22:05   #8
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P+owned or pee-owned
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 10:09 PM // 22:09   #9
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I always pronounced it pown.

It was funny at Comic Con San Diego, which I have gone to with my father every year since I was in Jr. High he picked up a shirt reading, "Rent to Pwn." He looks at me and goes here is a shirt for you, you could rent to uhh pppowwn.

I had to explain to him it was still rent to own except in dumb gamer speak. I agree with Chris, all the l33t speak just makes you sound like you live only the net and never see the light of day. Get out and socialize with non-pixels it will help you with real life skills.
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 10:23 PM // 22:23   #10
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Thanks for the help. My friend is really gonna brag now. "I pwned u now clowns!" lol
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 10:26 PM // 22:26   #11
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How are you gonna pronounce it?....
Poon
Pawn
P-own

Or the best one
OWN?
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 11:02 PM // 23:02   #12
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Pown.

Next question: how to pronounce 'teh', 'lol', and 'h4xX0r'.
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 11:06 PM // 23:06   #13
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I pronounce pwn as pawn. I pronounce teh as te. I pronounce lol as lool (long "o" sound there). I pronounce haxor as hacks-or.
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 11:47 PM // 23:47   #14
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I never say that word, I just say I knocked the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing shit out of you. Or something like "You just got torn a new asshole."

"pwn" is a dumb word.
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Old Oct 19, 2005, 12:02 AM // 00:02   #15
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I never say that word, I just say I knocked the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing shit out of you. Or something like "You just got torn a new asshole."

"pwn" is a dumb word.
I say
"W3lc0m3 to pvp s0n"
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Old Oct 19, 2005, 12:09 AM // 00:09   #16
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I'm slowly morphing into saying "poon". Mainly because of the multiple meanings of it. And it sounds hilarious.
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Old Oct 19, 2005, 12:19 AM // 00:19   #17
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I'm of the school where is sounds like pony without the y

Don't know why but it is actually invading my regular vocabulary sadly.
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Old Oct 19, 2005, 12:50 AM // 00:50   #18
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Originally Posted by chris_nin00
How are you gonna pronounce it?....
Pawn
Or the best one
OWN?
lol. I always thought it was either OWN spelled incorrectly or PAWN as in the chess piece (the most inferior one).
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Old Oct 19, 2005, 12:56 AM // 00:56   #19
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heh heh i still cant pronounce it..... shows how bad (or good?) i am
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Old Oct 19, 2005, 01:00 AM // 01:00   #20
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I always pronounced it pown.

It was funny at Comic Con San Diego, which I have gone to with my father every year since I was in Jr. High he picked up a shirt reading, "Rent to Pwn." He looks at me and goes here is a shirt for you, you could rent to uhh pppowwn.

I had to explain to him it was still rent to own except in dumb gamer speak. I agree with Chris, all the l33t speak just makes you sound like you live only the net and never see the light of day. Get out and socialize with non-pixels it will help you with real life skills.
I just never pronounced it
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