On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 5:50:29 AM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 02:46:11 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 6:09:43 PM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
> >> On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 17:58:40 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:42:38 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 1:38:24 PM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
> >> >>> On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:30:36 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> >My motto then was, "strength through disipline."
> >> >
> >> >>> I thought it was "Spelling is my forte."
> >> >>
> >> >>Sure. But you have to pronounce it "for-tay".
> >> >>
> >> >>Cindy Hamilton
> >> >
> >> >The correct pronunciation is fort... only
> >> >uneducated imbeciles say fortay... the forte is the strong portion of
> >> >a sword.
> >> Look he
> >> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forte>
> >>
> >> fortay or fort
> >
> >Depends whether Merriam-Webster is descriptive or prescriptive.
> Descriptive.

Now it's down to whether you think pronunciation is by majority rule.

Should the majority of imbeciles decide how it should be pronounced,
or should we use the French-ish pronunciation, since it's a French word?

Cindy Hamilton