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Chief Marshal
Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
|  Posted: 2005-04-25 19:47
...the word 'pwned.'
its a daily part of our lives, often known as the l33t spelling of 'owned', but what we never knew is that it can be pronounced 2 different ways.
Yes, two.
And now the intense debate....
Is it pronounced, as more commonly said : "Powned"
Or is it the new way, : "Pooned".
I know, its more intense than you've ever known!
Enlarge and discuss....
-Ent
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DangerBabe
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Joined: December 21, 2002
Posts: 429
From: Charlotte, NC
| Posted: 2005-04-25 21:45
I've heard it pronounced "pawned"...but perhaps that's because I live in the south.
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JackSwift
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: October 30, 2002
Posts: 1806
From: Where the Sun dont Shine (Seattle-ish)
| Posted: 2005-04-25 21:48
I just say it with the silent p. 
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BackSlash
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2005-04-25 21:58
Technicaly its Pawned. But people prounounce it pooned.
This is what you get from being an administrator of the steam forums -.-....
Leetspeak 101!
Today...we learn how to speak to leet-morons!....
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AdmBito
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: October 04, 2002
Posts: 1249
From: Its hard out here for a pimp
| Posted: 2005-04-25 22:08
I'm sad that I decreased the life of my mouse by one click by choosing to view this thread.
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$yTHe {C?}
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 1292
From: Arlington, VA
| Posted: 2005-04-25 22:26
I concur...
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Coeus {NCX-Charger}
Admiral, I can't read,
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: February 16, 2004
Posts: 3635
From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-04-25 23:35
Pown
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Quistis {C?}
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Evil Empires Inc.
Joined: April 06, 2002
Posts: 1536
| Posted: 2005-04-26 00:20
I can almost feel my IQ lowering...
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Hellza - master
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Joined: February 24, 2004
Posts: 556
| Posted: 2005-04-26 00:43
at least you have a IQ ^_^.. I dont 
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Feralwulf
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Joined: January 24, 2004
Posts: 1729
From: sitting somewhere drinking beer
| Posted: 2005-04-26 10:46
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On 2005-04-26 00:43, Hellza {Absolut} wrote:
at least you have a IQ ^_^.. I dont
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Doran
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2005-04-26 10:50
pooned.
myg0t2
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Tbone
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Joined: July 21, 2001
Posts: 1756
From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2005-04-26 15:00
You can also pronounce "1337" as "leet" or "one three three seven."
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Bobamelius
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Galactic Navy
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 2074
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2005-04-26 17:13
I always thought it was 'powned'...
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Alien Mastermind
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Pitch Black
Joined: January 20, 2003
Posts: 242
From: Toronto
| Posted: 2005-04-26 17:17
Why the heck is that p there anyway? Some moron made a typo so other morons decided it was 1337?
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Ragglock
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BIOnics Industry Syndicate
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 1955
From: Denmark
| Posted: 2005-04-26 17:37
pawn1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pôn)
n.
Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty.
The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: jewels in pawn.
A person serving as security; a hostage.
The act of pawning.
tr.v. pawned, pawn·ing, pawns
To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed.
To risk; hazard: pawn one's honor.
Phrasal Verb:
pawn off
To dispose or get rid of deceptively: tried to pawn off the fake gemstone as a diamond.
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[Middle English paun, from Old French pan, of Germanic origin.]
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pawna·ble adj.
pawnage n.
pawner (pônr) or pawnor (-nôr) n.
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