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Engineered to do it all. That's a laptop evolved with Intel Evo Platform. Welcome to another mini-cast from Away with Words. I'm Martha Barnett.

Here's a question we get from time to time. That word F-O-R-T-E. Is it Fort or Forte? Well Jim from Waterbury, Connecticut

wanted to know, so he called us and he got in your full.

Okay here we go. I know I'm fighting a losing battle on this one but I am refusing to give up.

And my family and friends have maneuvered me into agreeing that if you and Grant tell me to give up this fight, I will hang up my guns forever on this line.

Oh my God, Jim's last stand right here on away with words.

Yes, it is.

Oh boy.

And the issue is the pronunciation of the word F-O-R-T-E.

Ah. In English. In English. In English. Oh boy.

See I'm pronouncing it Fort and everyone in the common usage seems to be forte which is actually an Italian musical term which means to play loudly

So check about correcting everybody?

Well, let me ask you, what is F-O-R-T-E then if it's not an Italian musical term?

I believe it is French for strength or strong point.

Okay, so this is where we run into the difficulty.

In French though, it would be F-O-R-T and the T would not be pronounced, so it wouldn't be pronounced for it either.

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