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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Foy-yay vs Foy-er http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/british/foyer I grew up with Foy-yay. Having taken music lessons for years I pronounce forte as for-tay. Any other sounds ridiculous to me.[/quote] forte is pronounced fort-ay when used referring to music. but not when used referring to a thing at which one excels[/quote] Either you have written this several times or several people have written this, but I checked it out on m-w.com and it is perfectly acceptable to say for-tay for all meanings of the word forte. I have literally *never* heard anyone say forte as "fort." The language does evolve. People might not like it but that's how it is. Go ahead and keep saying "for-tay" whenever you want! I'm going to. I always have. And the dictionary stands behind me.[/quote]
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