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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoI remember when the go-to search term was “warez.” I still don’t know if that was supposed to be pronounced like “wares” or “war-ehz.” 🤔
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think either answer is wrong.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez. Maybe I’m wrong.
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoExcept that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMy dad pronounced it war-easy. Some time later I played Morrowind and, well… “Khajit has warez if you have coin”
minus-squareghashul@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoMy native language isn’t English, so for me as a teen back then it was definitely the second option.
I remember when the go-to search term was “warez.”
I still don’t know if that was supposed to be pronounced like “wares” or “war-ehz.” 🤔
I don’t think either answer is wrong.
I always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez.
Maybe I’m wrong.
Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
My dad pronounced it war-easy. Some time later I played Morrowind and, well… “Khajit has warez if you have coin”
My native language isn’t English, so for me as a teen back then it was definitely the second option.