How do you pronounce warez?

[Impulfusion]

WAR + eZ :D

[cris4tay]

HELLO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Say SOFTWARE... now take off the SOFT... your left with WARE... ok following...... Now Add a Z to WARE and you WAREZ....

think of it like this...... John wears pants.......... ok got it........good now shut up........

[Max]

interesting, when i first looked at it, i thaught war-ez, but then thaught, hmmm software... softwarez. i stick with war-ez tho, sounds c00! :bandit:

[Hypercube]

I think it is ware-z.:)

[lazydesert]

i think wares sounds ######

so i say war-ez :D

(not kidding, btw)

[ThunderRiver]

War+z

[Jon]

Given that it comes from the old world word 'wares', as in 'the old hag had come to trade her foul wares' or sumfin, I think its a bit obvious how it should be pronounced .... the same.. :)

And if you ask me, any one who pronounces it differently deserves a slapping for being a l33t kiddy, whos lost the ability to type sensably :s

[lazydesert]

Originally posted by Jon

Given that it comes from the old world word 'wares', as in 'the old hag had come to trade her foul wares' or sumfin, I think its a bit obvious how it should be pronounced .... the same.. :)

And if you ask me, any one who pronounces it differently deserves a slapping for being a l33t kiddy, whos lost the ability to type sensably :s

/me slaps himself for being a l33t kiddy:disappoin

[akaj23]

Do you guys realize how gay "Juarez" sounds when you're describing illegal software? :D

[Jon]

Again again!

:)

[twist]

who carez wabout warez...

i can't beileve its that hard to figure out that it comes from software, or wares.

like...

gamez

[Dazzla Veteran]

Originally posted by JaggedFlame

Do you guys realize how gay "Juarez" sounds when you're describing illegal software? :D

Lol, that's how I say it. Wares just sounds so boring and normal.

[Jon]

I can't beileve its that hard to figure out that it comes from software, or wares.

Um but it doesnt.

Warez - a tradable commodity.

MP3s are considered warez, but arn't 'software'.

ware1 Pronunciation Key (w?r)

n.

An article of commerce.

An immaterial asset or benefit, such as a service or personal accomplishment, regarded as an article of commerce.

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[Middle English, from Old English waru, goods. See wer-3 in Indo-European Roots.]

[twist]

but warez where around long before mp3's

[slack]

Originally posted by twist

but warez where around long before mp3's

Pretty sure it was an example.

[Jon]

Erm true, it wasn't exactly convenient to trade in 60meg .wav's.....

And the mp3 codec has been in existance since 1989 :)

[Deron Dantzler]

like someone has already said...it's pronounced softwarez.

[Deron Dantzler]

Originally posted by Jon

Um but it doesnt.

Warez - a tradable commodity.

MP3s are considered warez, but arn't 'software'.

ware1 Pronunciation Key (w?r)

n.

An article of commerce.

An immaterial asset or benefit, such as a service or personal accomplishment, regarded as an article of commerce.

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[Middle English, from Old English waru, goods. See wer-3 in Indo-European Roots.] >

MP3s != Warez

You are insane!

[Jon]

and you are wrong

[twist]

Fraunhofer IIS-A started work on mpeg codec in 87, it wasn't layer 3 in 89...

[Jon]

15 minutes to use google, not very impressive Twist.

[twist]

umm ok.

since you seem to be watching me you should know that i was watching tv

[Sleepyhead]

Duh. It's from "wares" like a peddler peddeling his wares..

If you pronounce it "war-ez" you're just dumb.

you don't go to the "Hardwar-ez" store to buy a hammer, you don't go to "softwar-ez" Etc... to buy your games, Martha Stewart doesn't sell her products in the "Homewar-ez" section of K-Mart... so in the same vein you don't pirate your "war-ez" off the internet

[pinhead]

who gives a damn how its pronounced ?

Repeat after me, "I do not have any illegal software on my system".

Now - are you being honest?

[[f]]

War-ez comes from Juarez.....which is skript kiddy lamer for warez.

as all those in the know have pointed out ...softWAREZ...

It's hard to fathom messing that up, but it happens.