If someones strong point is their “forte”, is the correct pronounciation “fort” or “fortay”?
If someones strong point is their “forte”, is the correct pronounciation “fort” or “fortay”?
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It is “fort.” For it to be pronounced “fortay,” there would have to be an accent mark over the “e.” It is derived from the French word meaning “strong,” and I can tell you that they DEFINITELY don’t say “fortay!” 🙂
There is a term in music that is spelled the same and IS pronounced “fortay.” That is why everyone gets confused.
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Forte = “Fortay”
The pronounciation of this word is widely disputed.
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Fortay
Wow I just looked it up on dictionary.com and Sam is right it really is Fort. However due to so many incorrect uses of the word Fortay is now the standard.
“Both the one- and two-syllable pronunciations of forte are now considered standard.” -Dictionary.com
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Fortay, is what I’ve always heard.
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The correct pronunciation would be “fortay”.
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The pronunciation is “for-TAY”, “forte” technically has a top-right to bottom-left slanty line over the “e” but it has been common convention for some time now to omit the accent.
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Geogre Carlin studies language obcessively. He says that “fort” is correct.
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fortay
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FOR – TAY
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