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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:	The Joy of Lex
Notice:	A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:	THEBAY::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1192
Total number of notes:	42769

608.0. "FORTE" by KIRKWD::FRIEDMAN () Sat Jan 07 1989 02:51

    "Writing is my forte."  The proper way to pronounce forte is FORT.
    
    There is a direction in music which means "loud" and is spelled
    forte also.  This word is pronounced FOR-TAY.
    
    When people say "Writing is my FOR-TAY," they think they're being
    hip and smart but we're all laughing being their backs.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
608.1		BLAS03::FORBES	Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng	`Sat Jan 07 1989 06:38`	6
	Re: .0 > ...they think they're being hip and smart but we're all laughing > being their backs. Generosity of spirit must not be your forte.
608.2	..with cake toute suite	MARVIN::MACHIN		`Mon Jan 09 1989 16:36`	5
	I once invited the vicar forte. Was I incorrect? Richard.
608.3	Birthday Cake ???	KAOO01::LAPLANTE	THE INTERLOPER	`Mon Jan 09 1989 17:33`	5
	re: -1 It all depends. Was it his birthday, and did he turn forte. Roger
608.4	It's a no-win situation	PSTJTT::TABER	KA1SVY -- the new lid on the block.	`Mon Jan 09 1989 18:10`	6
	> When people say "Writing is my FOR-TAY," they think they're being > hip and smart but we're all laughing being their backs. And when people say "Writing is my FORT" they are being pedantic and boring. We laugh at them too. >>>==>PStJTT
608.5		UNTADI::ODIJP	o.......now + here = nowhere.......o	`Mon Jan 09 1989 18:18`	4
	... and so the cavalry of 40 left the fort for tea playing forte . John J
608.6	"Wanna fight?" Well, some folk do ...	ERASER::KALLIS	Anger's no replacement for reason	`Mon Jan 09 1989 19:35`	10
	Re .4 (PStJTT): >And when people say "Writing is my FORT" they are being pedantic and >boring. Not of they mean it in the sense that "Writing is my military insdtallation." This is especially useful for combative writers. :-D Steve Kallis, Jr.
608.7	You can still have a good AY	SSDEVO::GOLDSTEIN		`Mon Jan 09 1989 23:36`	6
	Re: .0 Those of us who still want to think we're hip and smart can say "Writing is my metier." Bernie
608.8	can't think of anothereeay	MARVIN::MACHIN		`Tue Jan 10 1989 15:53`	3
	..or "pen-pushing is my penchant(eeay)" Richard.
608.9	Ig-latinpay isay ymay ortayfay!	BLAS03::FORBES	Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng	`Tue Jan 10 1989 18:31`	0
608.10	Good old W9NCD; lousy new AHD	CLOSET::T_PARMENTER	Gonna set my chickens free!	`Tue Jan 10 1989 18:48`	3
	Both my office dictionaries say that FORT is preferred but that FORTAY is acceptable. Sniggering, snickering, superciliousness, and snobbishness not mentioned in this context.
608.11	you say..., i say ...	COOKIE::DEVINE	Bob Devine, CXN	`Wed Jan 11 1989 07:12`	5
	If anyone feels in a "laughing behind the back" mood, ask someone to pronounce `fiat' (meaning "decree, order"). Everyone gets that wrong according to dictionaries that list "fi-ot" as preferred over "fee-ot".
608.12	I pronounce it YU-GO	CLOSET::T_PARMENTER	Gonna set my chickens free!	`Thu Jan 12 1989 17:56`	1
	Both mine have FEE-OT first.
608.13		SKIVT::ROGERS	But Otto, what about our relationship?	`Fri Jan 13 1989 22:13`	3
	...also try "zoology" and "dissect". Larry
608.14		LAMHRA::WHORLOW	Prussiking up the rope of life!	`Mon Jan 23 1989 06:14`	8
	G'day, Please complete... Caesar ad sum jam forte... djw
608.15	see 386.29 ...	CLARID::BELL	David Bell, Service Technology @VBO	`Mon Jan 23 1989 16:39`	0