khepri@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agopwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squarepwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"khepri@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTuukka R@piefed.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoAs it’s written. Pwned. No need to stick an extra “o” or “a” or any other vowel in between. It says “pwned”, so “pwned” it is.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhich brings us back to where we started: How exactly do you pronounce pwned?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoLike pwnd, which is something like pünd or /pʊnd/
minus-squareTuukka R@piefed.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI sometimes see people saying “pronounce it like it’s the name of a Greek philosopher” or “pronounce it as if it was Spanish”. There’s a “p”, a “w”, an “n”, an “e” and a “d”. Say those in a row. “As if it was Spanish”, to make sure that e is really e and not i.
As it’s written. Pwned. No need to stick an extra “o” or “a” or any other vowel in between.
It says “pwned”, so “pwned” it is.
Which brings us back to where we started:
How exactly do you pronounce pwned?
Like pwnd, which is something like pünd or /pʊnd/
I sometimes see people saying “pronounce it like it’s the name of a Greek philosopher” or “pronounce it as if it was Spanish”.
There’s a “p”, a “w”, an “n”, an “e” and a “d”. Say those in a row. “As if it was Spanish”, to make sure that e is really e and not i.
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