News from JMS
Welcome to our blog, where we plan to feature news, views and translation clues. Things like: did you know that English cats say ‘meow’, German moggies ‘miau’, French felines ‘miaou’, and Spanish Siamese ‘miau’. Pause for thought…
Pwned: a spelling error?
I thought ‘pwned’ was a spelling mistake for a long time (until yesterday, actually). It has its origins in a misspelling of the word ‘owned’ in a gaming context and means controlled or defeated. It can be pronounced ‘owned’ or ‘poned’. So the word of the week is a literal, literally.