Very important, NEED TO PROVE MY FRIEND WRONG!

[woot7800GT]

ok, so u all know when u are playing Counterstrike or something, and someone makes a good kill, and they type in "pwnd" Ok, my friends think it is pronounced "Pawned", but I say "Powned" (as in owned) Which is right?

 

[Jae]

POWNED is right

 

[Nubius]

pawned? what the hell....it is something where you sell off crap for cheap lol.....where the HELL did your friend get an idea like that......tell him to get real close to the monitor and read this.

YOU'RE INSANE...WHO THE HELL WOULD SAY PAWNED!?!

Yes it's powned

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

owned or powned, P is optional

 

[Codeine]

Its powned alright. I like to use owned though.

 

[woot7800GT]

Yes! Thank u all!

 

[diabloII]

the guy on pwned.nl calls it "pooned"

 

[Simon]

FOOLS (no offence) its "owned"

 

[Rundat]

FOOLS (no offence) its "owned"

i agree

 

[RedRecon2004]

"pwned" was created by a "newb" who mistakingly hit the 'p' key instead of the 'o' key on his keyboard. Notice how close they are together.....

Maybe they should create new words with other letters close to 'o' ? Lets experiment.

Iwned.
Kwned.
Lwned.

My favorite is "Iwned", because - to me - when I read it in my head it reminds me of what "Owned" would sound like when pronounced by a British/Australian person. (No offense intended).