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How do you pronounce forte? Fort or for-tay?

Mari-Lou A
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MARGIE NELK
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    Either is fine. But why are you writing in all caps? – user91988 Sep 12 '19 at 19:23
  • I'm asking myself while typing the question, the feature similar questions didn't display the duplicate? The two titles are identical. – Mari-Lou A Sep 12 '19 at 20:08
  • @only_pro — Is that a deliberate attempt to mislead? – David Sep 12 '19 at 20:29
  • @David No. What I said is accurate. Both pronunciations are commonly used; therefore, both are correct. – user91988 Sep 12 '19 at 20:34
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    @only_pro — And I would challenge that, which is one of the reasons why you should do what it says in the comment box and not answer questions there. If you answer as an answer you have to justify your opinion and be prepared to take down votes and criticism, rather than just playing God with the OP. – David Sep 12 '19 at 21:13
  • @David Ok. Challenge all you want, but there's nothing to argue—just look in the dictionary. I don't care about earning rep or anything else about SE besides helping people. Answering in answers is usually pointless. – user91988 Sep 12 '19 at 21:14
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    Both ways are correct. I generally pronounce an "ay" at the end, but some years ago, a girl I knew in Nebraska corrected my pronunciation and said it's supposed to be pronounced the same as the word "fort." I suspected she might not be wrong because it's obviously a loanword and because I speak Portuguese and in Portuguese, European Portuguese, "forte" is pronounced much like how we pronounce "fort." So, we looked it up. It turned out it's pronounced both ways. – Benjamin Harman Sep 12 '19 at 22:03
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    @David - Apparently, the pronunciations of the word "forte" are not your forte. – Benjamin Harman Sep 12 '19 at 22:08
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    @only_pro - You're right. – Benjamin Harman Sep 12 '19 at 22:09
  • @BenjaminHarman — I only discuss answers with people who are willing to conform to the format specified by Stack Exchange. – David Sep 12 '19 at 22:17
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    @David - Yet you are. What's more, this isn't an answer. It's a comment. Also, notably, you did not conform what you put to the format specified by Stack Exchange for answers. You provide no sources at all, but I do here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/forte?s=t . That proves you're wrong. Period. – Benjamin Harman Sep 12 '19 at 22:36
  • I have a 1930s Concise Oxford Dictionary which gives the monosyllabic pronunciation for this sense of the word. However, my 1992 Pocket Oxford gives 'fortay' (in phonetic symbols) for both this and the musical sense. – Kate Bunting Sep 13 '19 at 08:10

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