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Warez
2004-07-18, 8:32 AM #1
Where DID this stupid word come from?! And maybe more importantly, how is it pronounced I ask you!?!

It's bugged me for ages.

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2004-07-18, 8:34 AM #2
software
softwares
wares
warez

I'm assuming 1337speak had something to do with it...

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2004-07-18, 8:34 AM #3
Isn't it a white rapper?

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2004-07-18, 8:35 AM #4
Pronounced just like "Wares", as in "soft-wares". And, thats where it comes from - its a corruption of the word "wares"....

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2004-07-18, 8:37 AM #5
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">"Warez" is a deformed derivation of the word "wares" as in produce. Initially, it was a leet term used in underground circles, but today it is commonly used among mainstream Internet users. "Warez" is most common as a noun ("He downloaded 10 gigs of warez yesterday"), but can also be used as a verb ("The new Photoshop was warezed as soon as it was released"). People engaging in warez production and distribution are referred to as warezers, warez groups. They are also sometimes pejoratively called warez d00dz (this is leet speak) and warez kiddies. The collection of warez groups is referred to globally as the warez scene. Warezers are also often called pirates, figuratively referring to the pirates of ocean commerce, though the use of this term is controversial: see Copyright infringement of software for details.</font>


From Wikipedia.... Adobe must be pretty pissed that photoshop is a general example of warez.

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2004-07-18, 8:41 AM #6
Warez d00dz.

That cracks me up! My mystery of the day is solved, and I got a good grin out of it! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif] All is good in the world today quite clearly!

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2004-07-18, 9:20 AM #7
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">...("He downloaded 10 gigs of warez yesterday")...</font>

I want that kind of Connection!

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2004-07-18, 9:48 AM #8
I say it Wahr-ez

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2004-07-18, 10:06 AM #9
I say warez like "softwares" or "bewares".

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2004-07-18, 10:32 AM #10
where-ez

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2004-07-18, 11:21 AM #11
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Genki:
Quote:
...("He downloaded 10 gigs of warez yesterday")...</font>

I want that kind of Connection!

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You ain't kidding.

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I resent that.
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2004-07-18, 11:54 AM #12
I thought is war pronounced like war-ez.
2004-07-19, 6:55 AM #13
Hush, don't say that word, you'll all be banned

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2004-07-19, 11:14 AM #14
I've always heard the word get pronounced even more corrupted than Wares. It's always been said "Wah-rez" whenever I've heard / said it.

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2004-07-19, 12:24 PM #15
I've heard it both Where-ex and Where's, but didn't want to commit before I'd heard what everyone had to say first!! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-07-19, 8:02 PM #16
I always said it as 'Ware Ez' since that sounds cooler, knowing the correct pronunciation was probably wares.

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2004-07-19, 8:05 PM #17
I pronounce it "wares".

Warez is cool. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]



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