Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] "Even us natives don't write English good"
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Sun May 9 08:02:09 2004
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Jeffrey,

with respect:

Jeffery Smith wrote:

> How about loath vs. loathe? By the way, when you say something like "B&W
> photography is his forte", it is pronounced "fort" rather than "forte'"
> (which is a term in music).

No, it is pronounced forte with the stress on the final "e", exactly as in 
music. Context serves to distinguish between personal description ("B&W 
photography is his forte") and musical instruction ("That passage should be 
played forte, not piano").

Peter Dzwig

(who, despite his Polish surname, is a native English speaker!)
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