Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agoPity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagePity, really.lemmy.mlMaerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoMy dad pronounced it war-easy. Some time later I played Morrowind and, well… “Khajit has warez if you have coin”
minus-squareghashul@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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-up0·7 months agoI don’t think either answer is wrong.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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-up0·7 months agoExcept that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
minus-squareUntitledQuitting@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSoftware and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
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 dad pronounced it war-easy. Some time later I played Morrowind and, well… “Khajit has warez if you have coin”
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”.
Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.