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How do I pronounce "blob"?

Subject: How do I pronounce "blob"?

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5 messages between Sep 15, 2012 and Sep 16, 2012.

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Yi, EungJun· Sep 15, 2012, 13:24 UTC · lore
"bee-lob" or "bla:b"?

I guess "bee-lob" is correct if it means binary large object. But I'm not sure because gitglossary does not tell me about that.

Jan Engelhardt· Sep 15, 2012, 13:26 UTC · re: Yi, EungJun · lore

Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?

On Saturday 2012-09-15 15:24, Yi, EungJun wrote:
>"bee-lob" or "bla:b"?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blob
BLOB as a Binary Large OBject reeks of a retronym.
>I guess "bee-lob" is correct if it means binary large object. But I'm
>not sure because gitglossary does not tell me about that.
Yi, EungJun· Sep 15, 2012, 17:00 UTC · re: Jan Engelhardt · lore

Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?

Thanks for your help, Jan!
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> wrote:
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> On Saturday 2012-09-15 15:24, Yi, EungJun wrote:
>
>>"bee-lob" or "bla:b"?
>
> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blob
>
> BLOB as a Binary Large OBject reeks of a retronym.
>
>>I guess "bee-lob" is correct if it means binary large object. But I'm
>>not sure because gitglossary does not tell me about that.
Martin Langhoff· Sep 15, 2012, 17:17 UTC · re: Yi, EungJun · lore

Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Yi, EungJun <semtlenori@gmail.com> wrote:
> "bee-lob" or "bla:b"?
Like Bob, add an L in there.
m
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Yi, EungJun· Sep 16, 2012, 16:31 UTC · re: Martin Langhoff · lore

Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?

Thanks, now I can pronounce the word confidently with your help.

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Yi, EungJun <semtlenori@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "bee-lob" or "bla:b"?
>
> Like Bob, add an L in there.
>
>
> m
> --
>  martin.langhoff@gmail.com
>  martin@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC
>  - ask interesting questions
>  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first
>  - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff

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