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Discussion on: I'm the maintainer of Babel, ask me anything!

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Ben Halpern

How is "Babel" pronounced?

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Henry

Lol this is always the best question haha. So many great conversations about it: twitter.com/sarah_edo/status/82434..., etc.

I pronounce it "babble" myself, but don't really care if you say "bay-bel" 😊. It's probably just where you grew up/located

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tiff

It's definitely "babble". Unless of course you're Wes Bos. πŸ˜„

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Ben Halpern

Am I allowed to pronounce it like "bubble"?

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tiff

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Henry
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Andy Zhao (he/him)

"Bubble" is a JavaScript compiler.

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Jess Lee

@wesbos you got a shoutout!

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Wes Bos

lol I can't not call it baebull

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rhymes • Edited

I've always pronounced it as if it were a French word: translate.google.com/#fr/it/Babel

(hit play on the french side)

ahhahahha :D