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I recently learned that Calibre is pronounced (by the creator) as Kalibur, not Ka-Libre!
by teekert 6y ago
I recently learned that Calibre is pronounced (by the creator) as Kalibur, not Ka-Libre!
- mkl 6y agoKa-Libre never occurred to me. "Calibre" is the same word the US spells "caliber", with the same pronunciation: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calibre https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calibre
- teekert 6y agoMaybe because I'm dutch and I made the FOSS/Libre connection...
- zem 6y agoI've always pronounced it that way because in British English is just the regular spelling of the word (Americans spell it "caliber"). the name was doubtless influenced by the "libre" part but I never thought to say "ca-libre"
- frosted-flakes 6y agoYep. On the About page Kovid says, > libprs500 was renamed to calibre in mid-2008. The name calibre was chosen by my wife, Krittika. The libre in calibre stands for freedom, indicating that calibre is a free and open source product, modifiable by all. Nonetheless, calibre should be pronounced as cali-ber, not ca-libre.