Fion wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 10:37:
Pwn used to be pronounced pween because it originated as an april fools joke in PC Gamer magazine in the mid 90's. When the april edition of the mag (mind this was when it was a hugely popular product) came out and every article and review was using the word everyone was like 'wtf' until they finally said it was an april fools joke, they wanted to invent a new word for kicking ass, the mag even included how to pronounce the word. But as you can see the use of pwn quickly spread.

Today the new kids say pown because they all think it is a derivative of own. The simple fact that it is pronounced like this in major media when it is rarely said doesn't help.

J wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 13:41:
H4X!

(You just know I'll be blaming lag next)

Ratty wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 11:50:
Yes and I STILL pronounce it Eye Dee software. What are you gonna do about it?

Ratty wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 11:50:
Yes and I STILL pronounce it Eye Dee software. What are you gonna do about it?

Blue wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 10:55:

Fion wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 10:37:
On topic with Gib, everyone I have ever played quake with has said it with a hard g, so that is how I pronounce it. I'd be willing to bet that while Carmack says it is a j sound, others within iD say it differently. So I chalk it up to dialect differences.

I'm guessing that everyone there pronounces it the way Carmack does. On a similar topic, it's id, not iD (nor ID Id, or i.d.).

As for pwn, I think it indeed should be pronounced the same as own, as it is meant as a goof on the common typo. I and friends sometimes pronounce it powned, but this is meant as a verbal way of expressing the same joke.

Fion wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 10:37:
On topic with Gib, everyone I have ever played quake with has said it with a hard g, so that is how I pronounce it. I'd be willing to bet that while Carmack says it is a j sound, others within iD say it differently. So I chalk it up to dialect differences.

Ive never heard pwn being pronounced as pween. It sounds rediculous and makes no sense whatsoever.

Dr. D. Schreber wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 09:21:

reisub wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 09:09:

Sacrifex wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 06:41:
And I'm going to keep saying mana wrong too. So there.

How do you pronounce mana? I say it the same as manor/manner. Is there another way?

And yeah, pwn as in own. I've never heard it said but have always pronounced it like that in my head.

That's "manna," which is actually a different word (bread from heaven.) "Mana" is pronounced "MAH-nuh."

InBlack wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 09:07:
Actually I would say that the pronounciation comes from the word "own". As in: I owned your ass -> I pwned your ass.

reisub wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 09:09:

Sacrifex wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 06:41:
And I'm going to keep saying mana wrong too. So there.

How do you pronounce mana? I say it the same as manor/manner. Is there another way?

And yeah, pwn as in own. I've never heard it said but have always pronounced it like that in my head.

Sacrifex wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 06:41:
And I'm going to keep saying mana wrong too. So there.

Dr. D. Schreber wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 07:23:

Agrajag wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 06:25:
This reminds me of "pwn", which I recall used to be pronounced "pween" back in the day, but now everyone pronounces as "pown" or "pawn" instead for some bizarre reason...

Probably because "pween" is pretty close to "peen." No one wants to add a "no homo!" suffix every time they say they pwn'd someone.

Prez wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 08:08:
If the city of Boston can get away calling their basketball team the "[S]eltics", when the correct pronunciation is "[K]eltics", then by God I am going to continue to say "[G] ib", because "[J] ib" sounds retarded.