khepri@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 hours agopwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squarepwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"khepri@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down1·edit-215 hours 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-up5·14 hours 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.