[Leica] "Even us natives don't write English good"

[jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)]

I'm more comfortable with the music version pronunciation. If I say
"fort", someone invariably corrects me.

I think there is also an issue with "stomping grounds" and "stamping
grounds".

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter
Dzwig
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 10:02 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] "Even us natives don't write English good"

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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