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"John" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:00:51 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> Who needs French anyway. If English was good enough for Jesus, it's
> good enough for us!
>

well said!