WakeOfAshesPosts: 21,665destroyer of motherfuckers
Today I learned that the historically accurate way of pronouncing "forte" as in "singing is my forte" is fort. Over the last decade-ish younger uneducated people started pronouncing it fawr-tey most likely confusing it with the musical term forte which is pronounced fawr-tey. So since so many younger people mispronounced the word, the modern dictionary is allowing this mispronunciation, but it's only in the last few years that this is acceptable. If you have a dictionary at home it will most likely have the pronunciation as fort. look it up
WakeOfAshesPosts: 21,665destroyer of motherfuckers
Yeah what MC said... However presently most online dictionaries will allow for the second definition to now be pronounced for-tay but that is only because there was so many stupid people who mispronounced it.
In the actual french language, its spelled "fort" when dealing with masculine nouns,"un fort", and spelled "forte" when dealing with the feminine, "une forte". Still pronounced "fort" though.
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Today I learned that there is a law in New Zealand which allows very high school in New Zealand told hold 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments (universities can have 20 pounds of each). However, there is a fine of $1 million for letting off nuclear explosions
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In music terms its forte (for-tay), comes from the Italian.
The other forte, pronounced "fort", is French and it means "a strong point"
In the actual french language, its spelled "fort" when dealing with masculine nouns,"un fort", and spelled "forte" when dealing with the feminine, "une forte". Still pronounced "fort" though.
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