"pwned"

[dreamer_easy]

[Poll #739589]

Comments

[bentleywg.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it "Owned." I impressed the heck out of my 12-year-old nephew when I got to use it on him. (It also befuddled my sister.)

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

"owned"

(although sometimes I used "poned" in an ironic fashion.)

[th-esaurus.livejournal.com]

Sort of like 'pawned'

[matthewwolff.livejournal.com]

"Owned."

[secretive-bus.livejournal.com]

"Pawned." Though I must admit that I rarely, if ever, need to say it during daily life.

[gregmce.livejournal.com]

A strange combination of "pawned" (because my brain mentally adds in a vowel) and "owned" (knowing what it's supposed to be).

[wyldemusick.livejournal.com]

Pwoh-ned, usuallyh, except when it's "Fred," which is more often than people realize.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

In what context?

[trinalin.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it "owned."

[phlegethon-vii.livejournal.com]

'Pawned' or 'owned'.

I have to think about saying 'owned' though coz of the spelling.

I like 'pawned' so much better though coz when you think about it, it kinda means the same thing, ie. being a pawn makes you somebody's bitch :p

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it "Pawned," too, 'cause until recently, I thought that's what it was supposed to be: Either that someone had so bested you that they reduced you to the status of a chess pawn, or that they had taken you to a pawn shop and sold you...

[vindaloo-vixen.livejournal.com]

I confess, though, I generally say it as little as possible...

[renn.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it "prawned" because I am old and stupid.

[pedanther]

I do actually pronounce it "owned" when I have time to think about it, but "pooned" is the pronunciation that pops into my head immediately on seeing it.

[fizzixrat.livejournal.com]

I *don't* pronounce it. 'Tis a silly word.

[drox.livejournal.com]

To tell you the truth I don't believe I've ever actually pronounced "pwned" in my life. It's one of those words that, for me anyway, exists only in its typed form.

A bit like "133t", although everybody knows that's pronounced "fred" "leet".

I chose "poned" on the poll though, because if for some reason I needed to speak the word, I'd probably say "poned". That's what first sprang to mind, and to me it best captures the intended meaning of "owned", while retaining the "p" to denote netspeak.

I've never had to actually pronounce OMGWTFBBQ!!!111! either. No clue what that would sound like.

[phlegethon-vii.livejournal.com]

What's the BBQ bit for??

Never understood that for I is teh lame.

[drox.livejournal.com]

What's the BBQ bit for??

Emphasis, i think.

[thegameiam.livejournal.com]

I say "owned"

[southerndave.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it "bloody keyboard, now where's the delete key?"

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Somewhere between "poned" and "pound". And with a silly exagerated "p". =:o}

[gdwessel.livejournal.com]

Like "owned" with a "p" at the beginning.

Seems to be the acceptable pronunciation round my neck of the woods.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

owned or porned depending on my mood.

[purplepooka.livejournal.com]

The way Sandy Toksvig pronounces "pound" ("poond"), because I like the sound of it.

[gooofy.livejournal.com]

I was going to say "owned", but you know what... I don't think it's true to say that I ever say this word. I only write it.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

You have WAY too many geeks here.

"Owned"

...right up there with newsfroups and cow-orkers. Next.