# How do I pronounce "blob"?

5 messages from 2012-09-15 to 2012-09-16. Participants: Yi, EungJun, Jan Engelhardt, Martin Langhoff.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31541

## Yi, EungJun, 2012-09-15 13:24

Subject: How do I pronounce "blob"?
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"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.

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## Jan Engelhardt, 2012-09-15 13:26

Subject: Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?
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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.

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## Yi, EungJun, 2012-09-15 17:00

Subject: Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?
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Thanks for your help, Jan!

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> wrote:
> 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, 2012-09-15 17:17

Subject: Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?
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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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## Yi, EungJun, 2012-09-16 16:31

Subject: Re: How do I pronounce "blob"?
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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:
> 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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