Is it your forte? Do you pronounce it "fort" or incorrectly as "for-tay?"

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Forty, like the number.

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if you pronounce it "fort" you sound like a dumbass.

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if you pronounce it "fort" you sound like a dumbass.

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Fort" is the correct and preferred pronunciation.

"For-tay" is not. "For-tay" has kind of creeped in because people generally mispronounce the word.

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Do you pronounce it "fort" or incorrectly as "for-tay?"

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How do you pronounce forte? In forte we have a word derived from French that in its "strong point" sense has no entirely satisfactory pronunciation. Usage writers have denigrated \'f?r-?ta\ and \'f?r-te\ because they reflect the influence of the Italian-derived 2forte. Their recommended pronunciation \'f?rt\, however, does not exactly reflect French either: the French would write the word le fort and would pronounce it more similar to English for. So you can take your choice, knowing that someone somewhere will dislike whichever variant you choose. All are standard, however. In British English \'f?-?ta\ and \'f?t\ predominate; \'f?r-?ta\ and \f?r-'ta\ are probably the most frequent pronunciations in American English.

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