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On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:29:05 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:01:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
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>> On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:28:25 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>> > On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:27:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
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>> > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1:00:51 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
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>> > > "Best left to"?
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>> >
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>> > Yes. You people are the ones who rely on French words to say
>> >
>> > something that can be better understood by everyone when using
>> >
>> > English. If "fort" means "strong point", then say "strong point" and
>> >
>> > don't try to be cute.
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>> > >
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>> > > If we all cared about being well-read and well-informed in general,
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>> > > regardless of whether we had the chance to go to college or not, a lot
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>> > > of not-so-long words wouldn't sound "cosmopolitan," just part of the
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>> > > normal vocabulary of someone over 30 or even 20.
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>> > You're an East Coaster. French words are part of the fabric back
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>> > there. Words like "forte" are obviously not very well learned by the
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>> > natives or else people would know when it's appropriate to say fortay
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>> > and when they should say fort. If they did, the common misuse
>> >
>> > wouldn't be made fun of by a comedian.
>> >
>>
>> Yes, and very small kids in some rural parts of the country might get
>> angry and frustrated by the long, unfamiliar French word "restaurant"
>> when adults could just say "a place to eat." Not to mention unfamiliar
>> words like "gargantuan" or "substantial" or "vast" when you just say
>> "big."
>
>If you're trying to say "fort" and "fortay" are in common usage. I
>beg to differ. Again. You're an East Coaster. You people live and
>breath French. Hit the flat states and the rest of the country does
>not.
>>
>> Reminds me of the 16-year-old, book-hating Scarlett O'Hara. "She hated
>> people who used words unknown to her."
>>
>> Why, exactly, was it civilized for her to hate such people, per se?
>>
>> As if her preferences should rule the world?
>>
>She was a character in a book, subject to the author's whims, but
>maybe you haven't figured that part out yet.

So exactly where does "English" or perhaps I should say, "American"
stop? Chaucer? Shakespeare? the King James Bible? Rush Limbaugh?
George Bush? Just before any word you either don't know or don't like?
By all means, enlighten us, but please stop confusing area for
population. Well over 50% of the population of the U.S. lives within
50 miles of the coast and the percentage has increased with every
census for the past 50 years.