khepri@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agopwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"message-squaremessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squarepwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"khepri@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square85linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up109arrow-down2·6 days agoOwned with a P sound in front. Powned. It’s one of the first internet slang words I ever heard spoken over voice chat and it was always pronounced this way.
minus-squarececilkorik@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoI have heard people mispronounce it various other ways on purpose, ironically, as mockery, but I agree that depends on people knowing there’s a correct pronunciation in the first place, which there is, as you’ve accurately described.
Owned with a P sound in front.
Powned.
It’s one of the first internet slang words I ever heard spoken over voice chat and it was always pronounced this way.
I have heard people mispronounce it various other ways on purpose, ironically, as mockery, but I agree that depends on people knowing there’s a correct pronunciation in the first place, which there is, as you’ve accurately described.