On Sunday, August 3, 2014 7:19:08 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
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> I won't even get INTO 'forte'.

I learned that from George Carlin.

It was gratifying, later on, to hear Charles Emerson Winchester (on
M*A*S*H) pronouncing the noun correctly. Those writers sure did
their research well - but for all I know, David Ogden Stiers
knew the correct pronunciation anyway.

(For those who don't know, you only pronounce the e when it's an
adjective.)

It's refreshing when comics and cartoonists use intelligence and
simple facts to make things funnier. One Far Side cartoon example:

http://www.jokefile.co.uk/animal_jokes/mosquito.html

SPOILER:

(Part of the joke is that it's only the female mosquitoes that drink
blood - the males drink plant juices.)


Lenona.