Effort is a Hollywood Lie

[sexydecoy]

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I never knew about this.

[upstart]

-Pronunciation note In the sense of a person's strong point (He draws well, but sculpture is his forte), the older and historical pronunciation of forte is the one-syllable /fɔrt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation or /foʊrt/[fohrt]. The word is derived from the French word fort "strong." A two-syllable pronunciation /ˈfɔrteɪ/[fawr-tey] is increasingly heard, especially from younger educated speakers, perhaps owing to confusion with the musical term forte, pronounced in English as /ˈfɔrteɪ/[fawr-tey] and in Italian as /ˈfɔrtɛ/[fawr-te]. Both the one- and two-syllable pronunciations of forte are now considered standard.

She really needs to learn to pick her battles or fall into the trap of being the typical, curmudgeonly pedant.

Re: I never knew about this.

[upstart]

Btw, I'm Matt. I don't actually know you, I've just decided in that typically creepy way I'm going to start reading your journal.

And if you like it or not, we're probably kindred spirits.

Re: I never knew about this.

[sexydecoy]

It's cool. Nice to meet you.