Online Gaming Question

[Alchemist]

My friend and I are at each other's throats about the pronounciation of a word that origonated on online gaming.

Is the word "PWN" pronounced OWN or POWN?

I maintain that it's pronounced OWN, but he thinks it's not "grammatically correct".

 

[blizz]

you should count yourself lucky that idiocy is not a banable offense yet

 

[Alchemist]

you should count yourself lucky that idiocy is not a banable offense yet

I'm asking a simple question to end a dispute. That's idiocy why?

 

[DuDe]

You know, that's a damn good question. I've always looked at it as "pown", but definitely not because of grammatical correction, but rather because it sounds somewhat more powerful then just "own".

 

[Alchemist]

I heard it originated when someone wrote "I PWNED YOU!!" in an online game, but typed P instead of O. So I think that technically it should be pronounced as the word he was trying to type.

 

[DuDe]

I heard it originated when someone wrote "I PWNED YOU!!" in an online game, but typed P instead of O. So I think that technically it should be pronounced as the word he was trying to type.

In fact, it originated as a typo in the first Warcraft game - apparently a certain programmer wrote "pwn" instead of "own" in some menu.
Anyway, as far as pronunication goes, here's what Wikipedia has to say about it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn

 

[Alchemist]

Thanks for the help.

Although I was wrong.

 

[blizz]

it's not even a real word!

 

[Tagrineth]

I've always said 'poon', mostly because it sounds funny.

 

[Xade]

Dude's post is pretty much irrefutable, though, don't y'think?

Anyway, owning is for suckers... these days it's all about schooling people/taking them to school/higher education and so on.

ie. gaining a harvard doctorate in defeat or something

*cough*

I dunno it sounds funny in the right context...

 

[blizz]

I've always said 'poon', mostly because it sounds funny.

ehehehe,

I never thought about that

 

[Davemc]

I say it (in my head I'm not sad enough to have ever said it out loud) as how it's spelt.

 

[pj64er]

The way its spelt, its unpronouncable, theres no vowel.

I go for pown. I know its supposed to be own, but you cant tell the difference otherwise.

Theres a wikipedia entry for it?! Damn, before you know it, words like pwn, goatse, and lol would be in Webster :/

 

[sir_key]

i never use the word in real life... only in my head.... and there i spell it pwn...

 

[Chibi Nick]

Why in the world would you say it?

If someone said they were going to "pwn" me, I'd laugh in their face and call them a nerd!