Pretentious Pronunciations

February 9th, 2010 by Sandra Dean

‘Forte’, meaning a strong place inside oneself, over against ‘fort’ a strong place outside oneself.  ‘Forte’ is correctly pronounced fort, not for-tay, and is never correctly spelled with an accent sign over the ee (forté).

Print journalists have a great deal to answer for in the incorrect reconstruction of the American English language. This is one.

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