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tgirlschierke lemmy.blahaj.zone tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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mercano lemmy.world mercano@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#2 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

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Midnight Wolf lemmy.world wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-23
#3 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

That's been debated for as long as I can remember. I do, but many don't.

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deadbeef79000 lemmy.nz deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-17
#4 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

"my little pwnies"? Yes.

"OMG, I just got pwned"? No.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
#5 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

It’s a regional dialect.

An Albany expression.

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glimse lemmy.world glimse@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#6 · Quote Reply

I was a kid during the heyday of l33t so of course it became my personality...but I can't say I remember anyone using |_| in place of U. Was that really a thing?

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valar lemmy.ca valar@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-04-02
#7 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

Hell nah

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valar lemmy.ca valar@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-04-02
#8 · Quote Reply

I was a kid during the heyday of l33t so of course it became my personality...but I can't say I remember anyone using |_| in place of U. Was that really a thing?

No not really

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Manticore lemmy.nz Manticore@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-08
#9 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

Everybody I know always has, but it still rhymes with 'own'

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Damage feddit.it Damage@feddit.it
Joined: 2023-06-12
#10 · Quote Reply

I was a kid during the heyday of l33t so of course it became my personality...but I can't say I remember anyone using |_| in place of U. Was that really a thing?

No way, too time consuming to type

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glimse lemmy.world glimse@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#11 · Quote Reply

No way, too time consuming to type

I was going to reference this MegaTokyo comic I thought was hilarious at the time but after looking it up, it seems to have defeated my original point

https://megatokyo.com/strip/9

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whotookkarl lemmy.dbzer0.com whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-07-12
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

I was a kid during the heyday of l33t so of course it became my personality...but I can't say I remember anyone using |_| in place of U. Was that really a thing?

|\/|@¥8€

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-11-13
#13 · Quote Reply

You don’t pronounce the p in pwn?

Pooooon !

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