The Official Rant Thread

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:51 am

U.D agrees with me in the polls:
PWNED: 6269 up, 956 down -- ~85% Approval
POWNED: 295 up, 47 down -- ~84% Approval
PAWNED: 110 up, 45 down -- ~59% Approval

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:59 am

Common spelling designates it as "pwned".

But that is not pronunciation.

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:04 am

But I like to draw parallels o.0

I see it like this; both pwned and powned are higher in the 'polls', and they have the exact same logical pronunciation, whereas the alarmingly annoying pawned is lower in the polls; I suspect because it sounds retarded <_<

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:09 am

If everyone didn't say "pwned" (however you pronounce it) pawned would seem so much more logical. However, as it's not widely used, it will seem weird and odd. Not saying you should use it...

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:19 am

But, no? Pawned = Pawn-ed? Pwned/Powned = Pah-owned!

The word being use to portray "ownage", thus...

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:22 am

Don't ask me why people use it. I'm the one who said he hated the word.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:03 am

Kirk wrote:If everyone didn't say "pwned" (however you pronounce it) pawned would seem so much more logical.

Wrong. Completely. Logically, you would apply the base word, as I've said like 400 times. Why would you add an "A," when factually, the original word begins with an "O"? You would not. Logical is not what you are trying to say there, because that is wrong. "Pwn" is a misspelling of "own." We are talking about "pwn." We are not talking about "pawn." The words are not the same, and suggesting a scenario in which "pawn" is a verb to assert dominance is irrelevant to this conversation.

Until someone can give a logical reason to pull an "A" out of their ass and shove it into that word, throwing out the "O" which factually comes from the base word, I will continue to maintain the incompetence of such claims.

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Pwn is pronounced with an O.
If you are saying it with an A, you are saying a different word. If you claim it is spelled "pwn," you are wrong.
The end. Logic, reason, and intelligence are on this side.

This is probably the second dumbest argument I've been in on this site. Done.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:24 am

I'm curious, what's the dumbest?

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:11 am

Tural writes so much that it makes my head hurt.

-DeToX- · Post by **-DeToX-** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:50 am

DrXThirst wrote:Tural writes so much that it makes my head hurt.

lol.

+I must agree with Tural there.

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:51 am

Tural wrote:Every time you drink alcohol, you drive a car and kill someone.
Fact.

Tural wrote:Post count is directly proportional to **** size.
Fact.

You poor thing. Oh and see above.

Tural wrote:Probably because the person pronouncing it wrong lacks and logic and reason.

...WHAT?!?
WHY does it even freaking matter? The way I see it (in fact I

turk645 · Post by **turk645** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:15 am

did anyone else think MJ when they got a look at the nose of the guy who played Link in that video?

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:02 am

Tural wrote:
Kirk wrote:If everyone didn't say "pwned" (however you pronounce it) pawned would seem so much more logical.
Wrong. Completely. Logically, you would apply the base word, as I've said like 400 times. Why would you add an "A," when factually, the original word begins with an "O"? You would not. Logical is not what you are trying to say there, because that is wrong. "Pwn" is a misspelling of "own." We are talking about "pwn." We are not talking about "pawn." The words are not the same, and suggesting a scenario in which "pawn" is a verb to assert dominance is irrelevant to this conversation.

Except you totally missed the point of my post. With the absence of pwn, pawn would seem more logical. I am not talking about some BS mistyping of own, I'm talking about pawn. Used as some sort of "beat-down" word, pawned makes perfect sense. Disagree all you want, it has much more meaning than pwn ever will. I don't give a shit about the spelling or pronunciation of "pwn" as I've already expressed my feelings for the word several times but you still can't realize that I'm not talking about the fucking word. We're talking two different arguments here.

Though yeah, this is pretty pathetic

EDIT: I'm sorry, but I could not stop laughing throughout that entire trailer.
Link looks so... weird. Look at him when he first puts his armor on, then has that ceiling shot of him wearing his hat and he looks up. He reminds me of someone, but I can't think of who.. the way he acts sort of reminds me of Chris Kattan, but that's not who he really reminds me of.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:11 am

Kirk wrote:With the absence of pwn, pawn would seem more logical.

Tural wrote:suggesting a scenario in which "pawn" is a verb to assert dominance is irrelevant to this conversation.

I guess me directly addressing your point means I completely missed it.
This conversation is about a pronunciation, you are off on a tangent about a completely different word, which is not what we are discussing.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:14 am

Two arguments Tural, we already finished with that one.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:15 am

Kirk wrote:Though yeah, this is pretty pathetic

To say the least.

I hate writing papers.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:17 am

Kirk wrote:Two arguments Tural, we already finished with that one.

But you are the only person talking about a separate word. You're talking to yourself, as the posts surrounding yours, Jackson's, were about "pwn." You injected an irrelevant point into the conversation and nobody changed topic to your new one. It is only you saying that, that is why it is irrelevant.

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I want to split like, the last two pages. This is dumb.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:23 am

I'm just ranting Tural.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:24 am

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:41 am

damn just drop it. talk about something else