Playaa October 13, 2003 Share Playaa Member October 13, 2003 Question: How do you pronounce 'pwn'? Answers: 1) 'own' 2) 'pown' 3) 'pween' ok, so this is a pet peeve of mine. I pronounce it 'own' and here's why. Elite speak was developed by hackers in the early days of the internet to make it more difficult for government agents to find hacking sites by using search engines or their own searching software. The thought behind it was, if the agent is looking for a hacking site he's going to put 'hacks' or 'hacker'. Why not come up with words that sound the same but the search engine wont' recognize. So they used words like 'h4x' and 'h4x0r'. These words were similar but mostly sounded the same. Other words developed and while they have a different appearance and according to English Phoenetics they SHOULD be pronounced differently, Elite speak doesn't necessarily follow English phoenetical rules. Example: '133t sp34k'. Some would pronounce this 'Leet speak' but in reality it should be pronounced the same way as 'elite speak', here's why. The '1' at the beginning of the word is meant to replace the 'L' while the '33t' replaces the 'ite'...if you sound the word out (like on Sesame Street) it goes like this: 'L' - 'eet', 'L-eet', 'Leet' or 'elite'. The word was not meant to be a different word that 'elite' only to replace it's LOOK thereby making it harder to understand for the uninformed. Now the word 'pwn' was not created as a new word to MEAN the same thing as 'own' it was created as a new LOOK for the word 'own' thereby making it harder to read. The meaning is the same as is the pronunciation. Sorry for all that but as I said it's a pet peave of mine when I get on a server and hear people say "dude I pweened you" or "man you got powned" so could this be a poll? cause I'm interested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBugs October 13, 2003 Share TheBugs Member October 13, 2003 kinda interesting.. but who really cares? get a life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa October 13, 2003 Author Share Playaa Member October 13, 2003 I care...........loser... yeah last week when I was playing on Trop some guy kept saying "pown" in conversation and I was getting so annoyed I wanted to TK him just so I didn't hafta hear him talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond October 13, 2003 Share Gond Member October 13, 2003 <user input>[players] [mute] [Playaa]</user input> <server response>You will no longer see Playaa's posts</server response> You do have too much time on your hands don't you? Course I'm reading and responding you your posts...hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL October 13, 2003 Share dwEEziL Member October 13, 2003 It's "pown" just like it is leet and not elite, and hacksore and not hacker. I know where you are coming from and where it originated, but it has "evolved" since then. (OH NO, another evolution debate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer October 13, 2003 Share [Mmmm]Homer Member October 13, 2003 I agree with Dweezil, that it has evolved. And it will continue to evolve, you just have to keep up. Now write up something useful on their, there, they're and your & you're. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa October 13, 2003 Author Share Playaa Member October 13, 2003 Homer,Oct 13 2003, 01:40 PM] Now write up something useful on their, there, they're and your & you're. can do. English blows. useful enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffe October 13, 2003 Share Jeffe Member October 13, 2003 lol useless topic pwn is justing like owning and other words killing someone, or doing good.. Its all made-up slang for computer talk or games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flux October 13, 2003 Share flux Member October 13, 2003 he just gets "powned" ^ ^ ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBugs October 14, 2003 Share TheBugs Member October 14, 2003 im gunna starting typing pown and start a new trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mossad October 14, 2003 Share Guest Mossad Guests October 14, 2003 i just say "dominated" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwOOp October 14, 2003 Share SwOOp Member October 14, 2003 pwn originated when someone was typing it and pressed the "p" key instead of the "o" key. People got a laugh out of it and started using it. It stuck and has now become an internet urban legend as to its birth. The same thing happened with "yeams" "teams". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huhuh? October 14, 2003 Share huhuh? Member October 14, 2003 get a life powned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackish October 14, 2003 Share rackish Member October 14, 2003 I say: "You were shot in the head and now you're dead, please sit down". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa October 14, 2003 Author Share Playaa Member October 14, 2003 pwn originated when someone was typing it and pressed the "p" key instead of the "o" key. People got a laugh out of it and started using it. It stuck and has now become an internet urban legend as to its birth. The same thing happened with "yeams" "teams". uuumm....I've NEVER heard(read) "yeams"........ever. but you are right on the origin of "pwn" (AH!! IN MY HEAD I JUST SAID "pown"!!!! NOOO!!!) I had that part wrong...but the idea still stands. now pardon me as I go kill myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchtower October 14, 2003 Share Watchtower Member October 14, 2003 Pwnd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xterminator October 14, 2003 Share Xterminator Member October 14, 2003 for some reason every time i see pwn. I think of the word Pawned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flux October 15, 2003 Share flux Member October 15, 2003 what is ur avatar playaa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco October 15, 2003 Share Draco Member October 15, 2003 i thought people sayed "pwn" because they typed the p instead of the o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa October 15, 2003 Author Share Playaa Member October 15, 2003 if you mean my new avatar.... it's a guy "racing" one of those little bouncy bears in a park......treating it as if it were a motorcycle in a race...... I liked it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation October 15, 2003 Share ConGregation Member October 15, 2003 I like the worried look on the panda, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r October 16, 2003 Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder October 16, 2003 i thought people sayed "pwn" because they typed the p instead of the o yups. "dude I pweened you" now this ive never heard....you gotta quit talking to the 10-12 year olds....also known as the 'tweens' ;-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane October 21, 2003 Share jane Member October 21, 2003 lol tweens is Tolkien talk. Hobbits were in their "tweens" until the coming of age at around 30. Im a nerd but im sure there is a lot of people out there whop love LOTR just as much as me... anywho, lol i always thought of "pwn/pwned" as a a different animal than "own/owned" like someone else said i think of it as "pawned". As in "you were just pawned by playaa" or "playaa just pwawned joo". Not that it dont mean basically the same thing. To be "pwned" is to be played like the useless peice of nub that you are. Though at the same time I pronounce "pwn/pwned" like pown/powned. lol its all a big misunderstanding. hey Playaa! that was probably me who was saiyng "powned" over comm. Go ahead and try to kill me next time. See what happens: "U |3een pwn3d by 7h3 13373s7 CS god 3v3|2(for the elite illterate: u been pwned by the leetest cs god ever!) lol jane | gfe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane October 21, 2003 Share jane Member October 21, 2003 lol it shoulda been: u |3een pwn3d by 7h3 l3373s7 CS god 3\/3|2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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