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proper pronunciation of pwned?

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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Gymkata,Jan 3 2008, 02:08 PM
Type "FPS Doug" in youtube...you'll see how to pronounce it PROPERLY.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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It's intended to be pronounced without the "P". The only real reason that pwnd came into being was the common mistake of typing p instead of o when talking online. The folks that say poe'nd are generally those that came in late in the leet speak days or those who just see it running around online.

Basically it's the same phenomenon that turned: OMG!!!!!!!

into: OMG!!11!!11!!one!!!1!!
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by gotrice02,Jan 3 2008, 10:08 AM
way to participate in a little fun
almost as stupid as replying to a "stupid" post?

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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bluegas68,Jan 3 2008, 09:40 AM
I dont say it all. I think its stupid
what is wrong with the word it?
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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^^^ My actual license.

and it's for sure pronounced "pOHned"

Back in high-school we had this discussion at the lunch table, and one friend swore it was Poonted. We thought he got it mixed up with poon or something haha.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 11:01 AM
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i was kidding people (although i really dont use the word, but not for any reason)
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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How do you pronounce:
:-)
WTF
ZOMG
KTHXBY
ROFL

Then again, the accepted verbal expression of "pwned" does seem to increasingly be "poned" rhymes with "boned." That's not how I do it, but language is what people make of it, not what some stone tabled decrees.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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It depends on where you are.

In England, for example, Worcester is pronounced wooster, Mapledurham is pronounced mum, Chalmondeley is pronounced chumley, and Featherstonehaugh is pronounced fanshaw. Pwned could be pronounced smith for all we know.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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The correct pronunciation is "perchlorethylene."
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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I like the Po Tae Towned myself. it's really just stupid funny thing I say just to be stupid, because that's stupid.
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