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    Quote Originally Posted by Palanan View Post
    Like I said, I don't think I've ever heard it spoken. But is there any particular reason why someone wouldn't say it out loud?

    As far as pronunciation, the strong consensus seems to be for "poned," which makes sense. Now I'm trying to decide if it would be funnier for a character to mispronounce it as "pooned," just to highlight how far they are from internet gamer culture.

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    Personally I think, as others have said, it's like owned with a p on the front. I say pawned for fun though. I might start pooned :P
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    I've always pronounced it owned, it's just used in certain contexts. I've never actually heard any attempt to actually pronounce it though.
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    That's why I added "seriously trying to say", asking "hey, how do you think 'pwned' would be said" is perfectly reasonable.

    Shouting over voice chat to someone about how "I PWNED YOU!" is awful.
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    Back when I was still active in online gaming, pwned evolved into pawned (which is how we pronounced it).

    Which then evolved into prawned.

    Which then evolved into: -=;;;"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Max™ View Post
    That's why I added "seriously trying to say", asking "hey, how do you think 'pwned' would be said" is perfectly reasonable.

    Shouting over voice chat to someone about how "I PWNED YOU!" is awful.
    Considering that I "hear" what I'm reading in my mind, said awfulness is visited on me every time I see it typed.
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    I had a friend in college who used to yell Pwned!!!! (rhymes with owed) all the time, now I can hear it no other way.
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    "Pawned" doesn't sound as annoying as "pvnt", so I go with the latter.

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    Like pony
    But without the Y
    And with a D

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    What I find amusing (because I'm easily amused) is that in the traditional game of Cribbage (shut up) one's opponent is called "'pone'" as a shortening thereof (I'm not lying, you people who would accuse me of doing so, who know who you are) so when I play Cribbage I am seeking to pwn the pone.

    It's an antique English drinking game, it's full of stupid things.

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    "Bob".

    It's my fallback for all things I have no idea how to pronounce

    Case in point: I pronounce this word "Bob" ... my life is so much simpler :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Ditto View Post
    "Bob".

    It's my fallback for all things I have no idea how to pronounce

    Case in point: I pronounce this word "Bob" ... my life is so much simpler :)

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    That's gonna confuse people you're talking to. Also, shaw as in shot, den as in den, froid as in Sigmund Freud.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alaalba_123 View Post
    That's gonna confuse people you're talking to. Also, shaw as in shot, den as in den, froid as in Sigmund Freud.

    shaw-den-froid
    In German, the trailing "e" is not silent.
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    like edgar allen POWNED
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    Quote Originally Posted by alaalba_123 View Post
    That's gonna confuse people you're talking to. Also, shaw as in shot, den as in den, froid as in Sigmund Freud.

    shaw-den-froid
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    In German, the trailing "e" is not silent.
    As a native speaker of the next closest thing (Dutch), I can confirm it's pronounced Sha (rhymes with Ska) den (rhymes with dun-dun-dunnnnnn) freu (as in Sigmund Freud) de (rhymes with the).

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    don't pronounce.. lolz

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    To be honest, I didn't even know pwned had a pronunciation. It's like asking for the pronunciation of HAXX0R3D.

    Huh, come to think about it, I pronounce it hax-or. Like hacksaw.

    So, Pwned - p-owned, only the P is silent.

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    On 'cribbage' and other matters:

    1 - google cribbage

    2 - eyeball the two pictures and the accompanying sagas of text

    3 - realise that cribbage may well be the least appropriate activity to acompany drinking next to 'chainsaw limbo', only instead of messy death you risk utter confusion

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    I believe you just say owned... Since pwned was originally a misspelling and was absorbed by l33ts3Ak.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebestappgames View Post
    don't pronounce.. lolz
    I prnounce that like falls, but with an l on the front.
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    Originally Posted by Just About Everyone
    *like phones without the ph*
    I think we've come to a general consensus on this point, or at least found the most common pronunciation.

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    This is the one thing that puzzles me in this thread. I have no idea what this means.

    What are these "triggers"? Why do you need to be safe from them? Who is it who makes you safe, and how?


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    Default Re: How Do You Pronounce "Pwned"?

    Considering owned/pwned is kinda creepy in implication, it's being phased out in favor of "rekt" (doesn't imply your badonk belongs to the person who wiped the floor with you, still crude enough to be a good trash talk insult) in recent years. And yes, we all know that isn't the proper spelling. Intentional bastardizations/misspellings and unnecessary abbreviations are all part of the fun.


    Quote Originally Posted by Palanan View Post
    This is the one thing that puzzles me in this thread. I have no idea what this means.

    What are these "triggers"? Why do you need to be safe from them? Who is it who makes you safe, and how?

    There's a whole thread full of people who can explain what triggers are and why they're guarded against. To sum it up, just think of all the crap that gets your blood boiling and that always seems to start arguments on forums and stuff.
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    How do you pronounce "Pwned"? Ideally, you don't.
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    After reading through this thread, I've decided that from here on out, I'm going to pronounce it like "ponied."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eonas View Post
    How do you pronounce "Pwned"? Ideally, you don't.
    Well said.

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    I pronounce it "bone" but with a "p" instead of a "b" and a "d" at the end.

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