Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 months agoPity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1imagePity, really.lemmy.mlMaerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months 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-squareghashul@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoMy native language isn’t English, so for me as a teen back then it was definitely the second option.
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoI don’t think either answer is wrong.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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-down1·4 months agoExcept that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
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.” 🤔
My native language isn’t English, so for me as a teen back then it was definitely the second option.
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”.