Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google search engine

Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by pureliquidhw on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:39AM (#19171732)

I know it's wares with a z, but I've always pronounced it "Juarez" in my head. Never gave it a thought until now!

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Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by dvtrn on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:29AM (#19172161)

Never gave it a thought until now!

Neither did I! And I'm a bit humored to see other people pronounced it like that too :) I wonder what causes it, regional dialect or something? I'm part-Mexican, grew up bilingual and it just sort of happened without thinking about it, I discovered 'warez', immediately pronounced it "Juarez" (without the Spanish jota inflection) and it took 30 years (today) to learn it's 'wares'.

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Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by rconti on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:42PM (#19173511)

I had a friend who insisted on saying "juarez". Annoyed the hell out of me! :)

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