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Originally Posted by Pinecone
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Originally Posted by unboggling
I've been pronouncing it like the bore size of a gun.
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See here. Kovid says:
"calibre is pronounced as cal-i-ber
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I'm unsure why your quoting unboggling, he is saying the exact same thing you are saying for pronunciation and the same as Starson17 says in post 2 and the same way Kovid pronounces it in the videos.
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cal·i·ber noun \ˈka-lə-bər, British also kə-ˈlē-\
Definition of CALIBER
1 a : degree of mental capacity or moral quality b : degree of excellence or importance
2 a : the diameter of a bullet or other projectile b : the diameter of a bore of a gun usually expressed in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and typically written as a decimal fraction <.32 caliber>
3 : the diameter of a round or cylindrical body; especially : the internal diameter of a hollow cylinder
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