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On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 08:32:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> On Monday, August 4, 2014 12:09:54 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
> >
> > Would you use it adjectivally in a sentence, please?
>
> Here's how Carlin used it:
>
> The English word forte, meaning "specialty" or "strong point," is not pronounced "for-tay." Got that? It is pronounced "fort." The Italian word forte, used in music notation, is pronounced "for-tay," and it instructs the musician to play loud: "She plays the skin flute, and her forte [fort] is playing forte [for-tay]." Look it up. And don't give me that whiny shit, "For-tay is listed as the second preference." There's a reason it's second: because it's not first!

Those fancy French words are best left to the French, British and
musicians. Americans hear a word pronounced "fort" and think of it as
an abbreviation of fortification. If we mean it's not a "strong
point", that's what we say...unless (of course) we're trying to
demonstrate how cosmopolitan we are. Then it's foot in mouth.

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