English Guide

Okay, I just thought I would set the record straight for a few commonly used words, spelling, grammar, etc. It just annoys me when I see people pronouncing them totally wrong :P Don't mind me.

Pwn: Okay, if your going to say it, it's not 'pawn' it's 'pone', it rhymes with 'own', which it can also be pronounced as. The alternate pronounciation of 'own' when there is clearly a 'P' instead of an 'O' comes from the belief that the word 'pwn' originated when someone went to type 'own' and instead of hitting that trusty 'O' made a spelling mistake and hit the 'P' instead.

Noob: Okay, it's exactly as it's spelt. However, I've had people who spell it as 'nub' pronounce it that way, and really rhey are correct. It's pronounced 'new-b' not 'nuh-b'. If you really wanted to spell it with a 'U' and spell it properly then it would be 'nuub', as the second 'U' would give the 'ooh' sound that it's supposed to have.

Finally, for the grammatically impaired: The proper uses of 'your' and 'you're'
Okay, 'your' is a posessive, so it's referring to something by someone. So for example you would use it in a situation like: 'How is your dog?' it's reffering to someone else owning something. It's always used reffering to something (a thing) that is someone else's. 'You're', however, is a contraction of the words 'You are'. This would be used in any case that the words 'You are' would be, except it would be contracted to fit modern english needs. So in the sentence "You are a total noob", it would be "You're a total noob", not "Your a total noob".

*Update 1*
OMG: Okay, OMG is shortform for "Oh my god". It's not that difficult. It can be pronounced two ways: either literally as "Oh-Em-Gee" or in it's full form as "Oh My God".

LOL: Short hand for "laugh out loud", but seriously, no one ever is. As with OMG it can be pronounced one of two ways: either literally as "lawl" or as "Ell Oh Ell". I've never heard of pronouncing it as "Laugh out loud". Seriously, do you know how wierd that would sound? Your telling someone about an msn conversation you had the other night: "And he was all like 'I know laugh out loud!!!'". It doesn't work.

WTF: Ah, three glorious characters that mean so much to me. WTF is another shorthand word for "What the Fuck" or "What the Frigg" if your the christian type. It can be pronounced two ways: "Double-U Tee Eff" or "What the Fuck/Frigg". "Wuh-Tu-FFF" or triying to make a word out of WTF just doesn't work.

STFU: Ah yes, another wonderful, wonderful word. It gets a lot of work in my vocabulary. STFU is a short form for "Shut the Fuck Up". It can be pronounced three ways: "Ess-Tee-Eff-U", "Shut the Fuck Up" or even, if you feel like it, "Stuh-Fuu".

Finally, Dumbass: Seriously, this is very easy. It's a combination of the words "Dumb" and "Ass". It is pronounced "dumass", but it is absolutely not spelt that way.

*Update 2*
FTW: Seriously, folks not to hard. FTW means 'For the Win'. Originated in WoW I believe. It's an expression you use when you think something is cool, great ir awesome. For example "Zomg that chicken is FTW!!!111!11ELEVENTYHUNDRED". It's pronounced one of two ways: "For the Win" or "Eff Tee Double-U".

Well i pronounce pwn as porn and i kinda got told off when cousin heard me...specially since i said that i "porn" him at stuff.

and i think people get mixed up with noob and newb. I think noob is just someone not new, with the skills and capabilities of someone new. While newb is the same as noob but a new person.

i pronounce noob ..well..noob, while i pronounce newb as new-b.

and me, yes, my grammar is horrible thus, i almost failed English at school and probably will next year and fail at my art career since I need a pass in English aswell... and i have trouble with hes and his and...he's and i often have a horrible tendency to ramble.

:P Noticed that tendency to ramble XD kidding, kidding.

:o..

no.. im not offened.. but i dunno, i guess if your certain people i know..or either my brain registers with a new title called "that is an insult,kill." mode, then i would be...

Add these:
OMG
WTF
LOL
Dumbass

some additions may be: GTFO , FTW, and QFT.

Originally Posted by Werewulf

Well i pronounce pwn as porn and i kinda got told off when cousin heard me...specially since i said that i "porn" him at stuff.

and i think people get mixed up with noob and newb. I think noob is just someone not new, with the skills and capabilities of someone new. While newb is the same as noob but a new person.

i pronounce noob ..well..noob, while i pronounce newb as new-b.

and me, yes, my grammar is horrible thus, i almost failed English at school and probably will next year and fail at my art career since I need a pass in English aswell... and i have trouble with hes and his and...he's and i often have a horrible tendency to ramble.

pwn= pawn

such as in gay DoTA: "1)ark_NiTe pawned Werewulf's head"

well, thats gay DOTA

Originally Posted by 1)ark_NiTe

pwn= pawn

such as in gay DoTA: "1)ark_NiTe pawned Werewulf's head"

Yes that is the pronounciation, however it is still spelt 'pwn'. Forget gay DotA. I'll add FTW btw but I haven't a clue about the other terms XD

Originally Posted by brad.dude03

Yes that is the pronounciation, however it is still spelt 'pwn'. Forget gay DotA. I'll add FTW btw but I haven't a clue about the other terms XD

GTFO: get the fuck out

and FTW was not originated in WoW.. it's been around AT LEAST since the original Counter-Strike.

for the with? i also thought it meant For The World

No FTW means for the win, and I was under the impression that it originated in WoW in PVP, players often saying it in Warsong Gulch over raid chat to encourage eachother to get the bloody game over with...

FTW has been around just as long as QFT and PWN.

Yeah well, i'm sure it didn't come around at the same time and no one really knows when those other terms came about as they began whenevr and then whenever later they became common and then whenever after that they became second nature to use in and out of real conversations. No one knows for sure when it came about, so i'm sure it could hacve originated in WoW.

Originally Posted by brad.dude03

Yeah well, i'm sure it didn't come around at the same time and no one really knows when those other terms came about as they began whenevr and then whenever later they became common and then whenever after that they became second nature to use in and out of real conversations. No one knows for sure when it came about, so i'm sure it could hacve originated in WoW.

It didn't originate in WoW that's what I'm telling you. I played Warcraft III when it first came out and people were saying "NE FTW! or "BM FTW!". Even before then in Counter-Strike people were saying stuff like "Deagle FTW". It has been around almost as long as gaming itsself, I'm sure of it