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Do you guys pronounce it Juarez, or Wares?

by runawaybottle 6y ago

replwoacause 6y ago
Juarez
kickscondor 6y ago
There was also Wai-rez. You really have the pick the pronunciation for the occasion with this one.
wyldfire 6y ago
I have met folks who pronounce it like "Juarez" but where I grew up it was "wares." IMO the latter makes much more sense because it's likely derived from "software(s)". But so much discussion about warez was nonverbal, it doesn't surprise me that the word took on different pronunciations.
- core-questions 6y ago
  We emphasized the zed out here - so like 'wares', except the z has that vocal fry buzz to it, usually extended out a beat to make it clear.
- ishjoh 6y ago
  I had never considered software(s) as a potential root, and had always assumed it was related to the idiom or a vendor selling their wares, just goes to show how tricky English can be: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle%20one%27s%20wares https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle%20one%27s%...
  - JdeBP 6y ago
    "software", "cookware", "earthenware", "hardware", "tinware", "glassware", et al. are all various kinds of ware, notice. Tangible ones can often be found housed in warehouses. * https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ware#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ware#English
josefresco 6y ago
Wares - Just like "wears"
pixelbath 6y ago
That's hilarious. I had a customer in a computer store (decades ago) ask if I knew where to find Juarez. Given we were in Houston, it wasn't an unreasonable question so I asked, "Juarez...Mexico?" "No, like wah-rez...the illegal software downloads." "Oh...right. N-no." Setting aside that I'm not into giving out professional "how to break the law" advice, I was just completely baffled. I figured "warez" came from "softwares" that were being distributed. Never crossed my mind to pronounce it phonetically.
jakearmitage 6y ago
Funny how, depending from where you are, this is a strange question. Juarez is pronounced hwah-rez.
skrebbel 6y ago
"Ciudad Warez" would be a fantastic name for a bbs or a torrent site.
- anthk 6y ago
  And "El paso" (The Pass) the place for cracked passwords.
birdyrooster 6y ago
As a kid I pronounced it “where-is” and only as an adult did I realize the mistake lol
- GrinningFool 6y ago
  I still think it as "where-ez".
marttt 6y ago
In Estonian, "vares" [v-uh-res] stands for crow (corvus). I first met the w-word as a kid of the early 1990s; however, to this day, that analogy is still the first that pops up to me. A warez is a vares is a vares.
thereddaikon 6y ago
You're the second person to ask that. Can I ask why you think Juarez would work? Not trying to be mocking, just curious if its a regional thing that explains it or something else. That Warez = wares with a Z for cool factor was self evident to me growing up on the east coast of the US at the time.
- runawaybottle 6y ago
  Mostly because I started downloading warez when I was like 13, so my only excuse is that I was dumb :)
TylerE 6y ago
A bit both, basically wares, but drag the z sound out a bit.

Do you guys pronounce it Juarez, or Wares?

replwoacause 6y ago

Juarez

kickscondor 6y ago

There was also Wai-rez. You really have the pick the pronunciation for the occasion with this one.

wyldfire 6y ago

I have met folks who pronounce it like "Juarez" but where I grew up it was "wares." IMO the latter makes much more sense because it's likely derived from "software(s)". But so much discussion about warez was nonverbal, it doesn't surprise me that the word took on different pronunciations.

core-questions 6y ago
We emphasized the zed out here - so like 'wares', except the z has that vocal fry buzz to it, usually extended out a beat to make it clear.
ishjoh 6y ago
I had never considered software(s) as a potential root, and had always assumed it was related to the idiom or a vendor selling their wares, just goes to show how tricky English can be: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle%20one%27s%20wares https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle%20one%27s%...
- JdeBP 6y ago
  "software", "cookware", "earthenware", "hardware", "tinware", "glassware", et al. are all various kinds of ware, notice. Tangible ones can often be found housed in warehouses. * https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ware#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ware#English

josefresco 6y ago

Wares - Just like "wears"

pixelbath 6y ago

That's hilarious. I had a customer in a computer store (decades ago) ask if I knew where to find Juarez. Given we were in Houston, it wasn't an unreasonable question so I asked, "Juarez...Mexico?" "No, like wah-rez...the illegal software downloads." "Oh...right. N-no." Setting aside that I'm not into giving out professional "how to break the law" advice, I was just completely baffled. I figured "warez" came from "softwares" that were being distributed. Never crossed my mind to pronounce it phonetically.

jakearmitage 6y ago

Funny how, depending from where you are, this is a strange question. Juarez is pronounced hwah-rez.

skrebbel 6y ago

"Ciudad Warez" would be a fantastic name for a bbs or a torrent site.

anthk 6y ago
And "El paso" (The Pass) the place for cracked passwords.

birdyrooster 6y ago

As a kid I pronounced it “where-is” and only as an adult did I realize the mistake lol

GrinningFool 6y ago
I still think it as "where-ez".

marttt 6y ago

In Estonian, "vares" [v-uh-res] stands for crow (corvus). I first met the w-word as a kid of the early 1990s; however, to this day, that analogy is still the first that pops up to me. A warez is a vares is a vares.

thereddaikon 6y ago

You're the second person to ask that. Can I ask why you think Juarez would work? Not trying to be mocking, just curious if its a regional thing that explains it or something else. That Warez = wares with a Z for cool factor was self evident to me growing up on the east coast of the US at the time.

runawaybottle 6y ago
Mostly because I started downloading warez when I was like 13, so my only excuse is that I was dumb :)

TylerE 6y ago

A bit both, basically wares, but drag the z sound out a bit.