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I remember various people from that time pronouncing warez in two distinct ways. wares ware-ez I'm not sure which is the correct way.

• oldandboring 9mo ago
  My interpretation was/is that they're both right. The word originated as 'wares with a Z' but once it was spelled that way it became natural to pronounce it 'ware-ez' but nobody thought you were unintentionally mispronouncing it. The in-joke continued on certain boards as 'warez' became 'Juárez'...
  • squigz 9mo ago
    Okay I'm a little embarrassed to admit I might have been pronouncing it that last way for the past 20 years...
  • bombcar 9mo ago
    Ciudad Warez was a common joke for us, though I do suspect one person actually pronounced it that way. Warez as "softwares" seems reasonable to me, but language moves.
• solumunus 9mo ago
  Ware-ez is absolutely insane.
• dleslie 9mo ago
  Wares, except the s sounds like a z.
• stackghost 9mo ago
  It absolutely is pronounced "wares" as in "software" but 13 year old me didn't know that so I and everyone I knew pronounced it "war-ezz", as in "warfare". Oh, the times before voip