Pronunciation of "malware"

[Laurence Horn]

You sure the newscaster wasn't talking about mall-wear?

LH

On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Lisa Galvin wrote:

> I don't  know if there is a standard, but I work in the tech industry (Seattle, USA), and have always heard it (and produced it) with the "pal" pronunciation.
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> Lisa Galvin
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> On Jun 4, 2013, at 5:40 PM, "Charles C Doyle" <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>> This afternoon a local TV newscaster (Atlanta) pronounced "malware" with the first syllable like "mall."  I would pronounce the first syllable to rhyme with "pal"--though I don't believe I have ever actually spoken the word; perhaps I hadn't even heard it spoken.  I there a "standard" pronunciation?
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