Yeah but is it pronounced like "wares" or like "Juarez"?

folkrav · on Feb 15, 2019

"Warez" is from "software", so it's meant to be pronounced "wares" https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/warez

pureliquidhw · on Feb 15, 2019

I know it's wares with a z, but I've always pronounced it "Juarez" in my head. Never gave it a thought until now!

dvtrn · on Feb 15, 2019

Never gave it a thought until now!

Neither did I! And I'm a bit humored to see other people pronounced it like that too :) I wonder what causes it, regional dialect or something? I'm part-Mexican, grew up bilingual and it just sort of happened without thinking about it, I discovered 'warez', immediately pronounced it "Juarez" (without the Spanish jota inflection) and it took 30 years (today) to learn it's 'wares'.

rconti · on Feb 15, 2019

I had a friend who insisted on saying "juarez". Annoyed the hell out of me! :)

lenocinor · on Feb 16, 2019

I used to hear both pretty regularly, talking to BBS folks back in the day. Thankfully, nobody really seemed to fight about it like the pronunciation of "GIF"...