The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #48380   Message #728086
Posted By: Bob Bolton
12-Jun-02 - 12:05 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Rhinoceros (from Ed Lipton)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Rhinoceros
G'day Grab & Genie,

The adjective forté, used in music is pronounced (~) "for-tay" ... and the (unaccented) noun, which my Oxford defines as "a person's strong point ...", should be pronounced "fort" - but the mispronunciation is winning ... and dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive documents.

Regard(les)s,

Bob Bolton