Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 年前Pity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square196linkfedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down150
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 年前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.” 🤔
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 年前My dad pronounced it war-easy. Some time later I played Morrowind and, well… “Khajit has warez if you have coin”
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 年前I don’t think either answer is wrong.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 年前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.
minus-squareUntitledQuitting@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 年前Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.socialBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 年前Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
minus-squareghashul@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 年前My native language isn’t English, so for me as a teen back then it was definitely the second option.
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”
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.
Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
My native language isn’t English, so for me as a teen back then it was definitely the second option.