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by pureliquidhw 2687 days ago
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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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'.

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