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BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

(OP)
Which do you use?  First time i ever heard it, it was spelled out as B-O-M so it stuck with me.  But I do find people that say BAWM.

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

Here in the U.S., I have always heard it like 'bomb' (b silent).

I guess if it were in the South, it could be 'bawm', similar to 'dawg'. bigsmile

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

I try to avoid bawm, especially when transitting through airports.

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

I have used both, including pee-elle.

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

I like to say "bill of material"... and if plural "bills of material".

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

If the "b" is silent, isn't it "om"?

David

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

A parts list and bill of materials aren't necessarily the same thing.

On a drawing it's a Part List, in an ERP system or similar it's a BOM.

In many cases they match but in many cases the BOKM is manipulated to suit other factors.

Fair nuff Zdas, let me reprhrase:

"I say it like "Bomb" too, with silent b at the end."

 

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)



Here we say "BOOM"

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

uGlay,

I guess I'm the only one with you, I've always spelled it out.

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

(OP)
I like BOOM also.  Might start using that one.  I cant say BAWM for some reason.
 

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

I say "bomb" with "b" in the end. But I am not English native so...
 

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

"Bill O' Materials"

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

When talking with myself, I always spell out the acronym unless someone else has used it verbally.

That creates a huge problem here at Boeing because everything is an acronym. So I'm simply reading letters to myself half the time.

I find most other people try to invent words out of acronyms but it really bugs me because they are adding or subtracting letters that aren't there.

For example, "bomb" has a b at the end and there is no second B in BOM. "boom" has two o's. "Bill of Materials" is correct as is "B-O-M".

Alas, I'm in the minority here and I'm not recommending you do it, but it's what I do.

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

cedarbluffranch,
Their "everything is an acronym" sometimes loses me. They are hard to keepp track.

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)



People is starting to bring bulletproof vests to MRB meetings. Imagine the mess, people duck & cover at the sole mention of the... ¡BOOM!

 

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

BEE OH EM  or more commonly BEE OH QUEUE

RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

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CEDARBLUFFRANCH: Yeah i feel you on the 'adding letters for not reason'.  For example people say ROHAS (adding the A) instead of R-O-H-S.

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RE: BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

at one of my clients they use the phrase "drop the BOM" to signify a project milestone when version 1 is issued.

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