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How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Rum » Mon May 17, 2010 9:09 pm

I was just reading something on a web site and it occurred to me that there are a number of on-line words and phrases that actually exist more or less only in text form. We know what they mean and what they represent, ..well more or less, but many don't exist in any auditory sense.

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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by normal » Mon May 17, 2010 9:12 pm

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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon May 17, 2010 9:12 pm

I'd pronounce it "pwned".
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by normal » Mon May 17, 2010 9:12 pm

And I have an irrational hatred towards hearing it pronounced pyoond
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon May 17, 2010 9:13 pm

Normal wrote:And I have an irrational hatred towards hearing it pronounced pyoond
That's because there's no "y" in it.
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon May 17, 2010 9:13 pm

Thinking Aloud wrote:I'd pronounce it "pwned".
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Feck » Mon May 17, 2010 9:14 pm

Like I was saying Prawned but had a speech impediment and couldn't pwonounce my Rs
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon May 17, 2010 9:15 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:
Thinking Aloud wrote:I'd pronounce it "pwned".
:what:
Afaik. :dono:
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon May 17, 2010 9:15 pm

Feck wrote:Like I was saying Prawned but had a speech impediment and couldn't pwonounce my Rs
PRAWNED!!!!

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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon May 17, 2010 9:15 pm

Thinking Aloud wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
Thinking Aloud wrote:I'd pronounce it "pwned".
:what:
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon May 17, 2010 9:17 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:
Thinking Aloud wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
Thinking Aloud wrote:I'd pronounce it "pwned".
:what:
Afaik. :dono:
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon May 17, 2010 9:18 pm

Thinking Aloud wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
Thinking Aloud wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
Thinking Aloud wrote:I'd pronounce it "pwned".
:what:
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by virphen » Mon May 17, 2010 9:20 pm

It's transliterated from the Greek Ρωηεδ, so it's pronounced Rooe'ed.

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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon May 17, 2010 9:20 pm

virphen wrote:It's transliterated from the Greek Ρωηεδ, so it's pronounced Rooe'ed.

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You sure rooe'ed them!
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Re: How would you pronounce Pwned?

Post by Link » Mon May 17, 2010 9:21 pm

I've heard it pronounced during online gaming and the general consensus is that it is pronounced in the same way as owned but with a P - Pwned so phonetically pohned

It's interesting the story of it's origin can be traced back to a single spelling error on an online server!
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