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Old 02-15-2023, 11:16 AM   #1282
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post

And, possibly, any American that learns by listening and talking before reading and writing would know that calibre is pronounced same as caliber.
So, possibly due to the fact that Spanish is an unofficial second language in much of the US, this family of Americans has been pronouncing the tool that frees (libre) books (libros) cuh-LEE-bray these many years...
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