BOM (BAWM or BEE-OH-EM)

[uGlay]

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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[ctopher]

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'.

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[KENAT]

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

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at

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[TheTick]

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

 

[MadMango]

I have used both, including pee-elle.

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

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[dvd]

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

 

[ctopher]

Or in some cases..."PL" (parts list).

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[zdas04]

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

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[KENAT]

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."



KENAT,

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[ctopher]

zdas04,
Yes, it could be with poor English or the hearing impared.

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[Neubaten]

Here we say "BOOM"

 

[JMarv]

uGlay,

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

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[uGlay]

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


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[ctopher]

Isn't BOOM illegal now here in the U.S.?


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[KENAT]

What would the policeman from Allo Allo call it?

"A BERM"?

KENAT,

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[MedicineEng]

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

 

[JStephen]

"Bill O' Materials"

 

[cedarbluffranch]

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.

 

[ctopher]

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

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[Neubaten]

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