Comments on: Forte

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:50:10 +0000

I think the most important part of this is the quote; “rapidly becoming standard”.
Language is a consensus. If a roomful of people decide that “gluff” means one part of a pair of gloves, THAT’S WHAT IT MEANS ! If YOU happen to misunderstand that, then you speak a language of another region,or at least, another room. It’s not much different than “offen” vs. offTen. The thought gets conveyed, which is the purpose of language to begin with.

By: Topi

Topi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:24:03 +0000

Dearest creature in creation
Studying English pronunciation

By: Mark Holman

Mark Holman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:46:59 +0000

Elizabeth: I’m afraid that if I tried to be snarky by chiding people about their “pronounciation” it would be me who looked like the idiot. I don’t think many people would get the joke about the mispronounced pronunciation.

By: Elizabeth Lightwood

Elizabeth Lightwood — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:55:45 +0000

If you want to be clever you can snark those who mispronounce it by saying something like: “Well, correct grammar and pronounciation has always been my forte,” or, if you don’t mind being utterly rude, “I can see pronounciation isn’t your forte.”

By: Sue Schroeder

Sue Schroeder — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:02:32 +0000

Actually, the French word “forte” would be prounounced with the final t because it has the e afterwards, which means you pronounce the previous letter.