You've surely seen the South Park Episode about WoW?? Cartman ses it to tht guy at the end.

 

 

 

'You got pwned!' Then kills him? Thatsh ow you say it.

 

 

 

Powned

 

I love that episode. Remember when they were all 'skilling' in WoW, (i say skilling cos i never played WoW) Where they killing goblins? LoL

 

 

 

Cartman: "MOM!! I GOT DIAREA!!"

 

 

 

rofl

Everyone I know pronounces it like own. Why? Because pwn is really just a spelling mistake that got internetz fame.

POON

 

POONT

 

POONING

 

POONAGE

I've always pronounced it as poo (as in dog poo) ned.

The "p" still counts as an "o". Its pronounced own.

When I see people say it, I pronounce it "poon" in my head. Makes more sense to me. My friend said it in real life once and I almost kneed him in the family-maker.

 

 

 

That made my day =) It needs to be in my signature.

 

 

 

Anyway, I say it almost like pwin... But with a nearly silent "i"? The way it's written.

 

It's not easy to say.

Given the recent development of the word and its primary use in written form only, there is no single accepted pronunciation of pwn. However, "own", "pawn", "poon" and "pone" are frequently used, and "pwen" is also considered an acceptable pronunciation although "pone" is the most common pronunciation.

 

 

 

According to the staff at the popular company Pure Pwnage (a company that creates popular online videos like FPS Doug), the word "pwnage" or "pwn" is pronounced like the word's predecessor "own." The reason for this is because it is simply a typo and really has no origin other than in online text.

R.I.P.

 

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Am I the only one pronouncing it as "pooned"

I think of it as "Player got owned". So i pronouce it Powned, like, you got Powned, lol. I saw this guy on Youtube who lived in Germany and kept saying pooned, and i was like, what are you? British? Lol (no offence to British people), its just that i think of pooned as british accentish.

I prefer P-OH-wn, but i know some ppl say p-AW-n