Pawn or Pown?

[Alex]

All right, this has been bothering me for a while--actually, ever since my friend told me "I pown you." and I didn't really care about the sentence, I just cared about the fact that he said pown, and I say pawn. We've had this argument ever since he said that phrase, so now I turn to PC.

Do you say "pawn" or "pown?"

 

[Chompah :x]

All right, this has been bothering me for a while--actually, ever since my friend told me "I pown you." and I didn't really care about the sentence, I just cared about the fact that he said pown, and I say pawn. We've had this argument ever since he said that phrase, so now I turn to PC.

Do you say "pawn" or "pown?"

I say Pwn.
So Pwn x 5 - 17 + 12 = 34 X 12 = I say Pawn.

 

[Margot]

This happened to me too =O my friend and I were saing "pawn" and then one of my other friends told us that we were wrong and that it was "pwn" which makes sense figuring how it started XD

I liked it better as "pawn though" D:

 

[Toshinden]

I honestly don't know how anyone can derive "pawn" from "p'own", which is what it's supposed to be

 

[Rebellious Treecko]

I "pwnz" this thread, roflroflrofl.
I say the slang word like everyone else does, just Pwn.

 

[Signomi]

If I must reference that word, I use neither one. I actually just say "own" :/ Pawn or Pown just seems ridiculous to me, in my opinion it doesn't enforce the slightest feel of "ownage", but rather just represents the typical internet slang everybody uses. So it's neither for me, I just stick with own or ownage, though I don't even use those often either.

 

[Cherrim]

This came up in the DCC a few years ago.

It should rhyme with owned, since that's what it came from. I agree with Toshinden... I just don't see how people can get pawned from it. oo;

I prefer to use "owned" myself, though. I'll only use p for something like "pwnt" if I really wanna show sarcasm and/or internet geekdom. Ahaha, I can't even explain it.

 

[Shinji_]

I straight up will say I Pwn you Or I own you What the heck is pown? Rotflol

 

[RYOUKI]

Neither, I say Pwn...I don't even get it when someone says Pown, It's like a name of a Hankerchief or something O.o

 

[PokemonRox]

i say pawn..

~PokemonRox :t243:

 

[Signomi]

PokemonRox: You're expected to put a little more effort in saying more in your posts. Don't bypass the character limit with your "signature". By all means, it is still against the rules. :/

 

[Mr.Altosax]

Pown all the way (or Poon on some occasions). I've read the history of the word...It was derived from a misspelling of own, so I pronounce with an O sound. And how does everyone get pawn from pwn, it has no vowels...So I resolve my case with one statement. A pawn is a chess piece.

 

[Jaimes]

It should be 'pwn' but I pronounce it 'pown' since I believe it arose from a mispelt 'own', thus keeping a similar rhyme ;)

 

[Live in Color]

I usually say "Pwnt" or "Poont" lol. Not Pawn or Pown, but I p00n j00! xD

 

[Alex]

Okay, I want to clarify that I don't mean how you spell it, but how you pronounce it. Obviously you can't pronounce pwn, which is how it's intended to be written, so I want to know how you pronounce it.

I think that caused a little confusion... ^_^;

 

[Dawg 2005]

This came up in the DCC a few years ago.

Why am I not suprised? XD

I just say 'own', since it makes more sense. I don't even say 'pwn', I r nut a n00b lol

 

[Karasuma]

Why am I not suprised? XD

I just say 'own', since it makes more sense. I don't even say 'pwn', I r nut a n00b lol

well technically Pwn can't be found in the dictionaries meaning that it doesn't have any meanings unlike Pawn or Pown...i remember seeing a Pawn Shop once in NYC but that meant a different kind of Pawn as the one we always use on the chit-chats...after 3 years I'd like to know what the definition of Pown is just because its been impressing me over the net...

 

[Captain Arcane]

I say Pwn, but I can't remember the last time I used it. XD

 

[Warheart]

Actually, I don't use any internet slang in real life because honestly., if I ever went up to one of my friends, and said something like "I Pwn You," I would probably get punched in the face xD

So if it came don to it, i would just say "Own," like it's supposed to be.

 

[Astinus]

I just say "pwn" in real life. But that's only at work, when I want to scare my boss enough that she sends me into the back room away from customers.

Other than that, I just say "own" because I don't want to look like a complete idiot. Even on the Internet, that's what I use.