[Ads-l] Antedating of "pwn"

[Ben Zimmer]

OED explains: "Alteration of _own_ v., perhaps originating in a typing
error (the letters o and p being adjacent on a standard computer keyboard)."

OED says it's pronounced like "pone" -- but there's a fair amount of
variation in both pronunciation and spelling, as discussed here:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004872.html

We discussed this a few times, e.g.:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2012-May/119420.html

--bgz


On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is there a pronunciation?
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Hugo <hugovk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > pwn, v.
> >
> >
> > Is there an etymology?
> >
> >
>

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