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- Adrian hogs the spotlight
- Time to bend over again
- LIRR out for 2 weekends in October
- Andrew's cousin lobbied state
- Quest to remember Revolutionary hero
- Cemeteries devastated by storm
- Public housing residents behind on their rent
- Pete's butt-ing in
- Storm wrapup features yours truly
- Cuomo offering deal to Hevesi?
- "Smackpot" at JFK
- Elimination of gerrymandering?
- Defunct bus stops still popular with traffic agents
- Mosque may be moved further east
- Liu finds dead people still getting paid
- Butterflies at the beach
- Cops really going overboard
- Death at Forest Hills Barnes & Noble
- CITYWIDE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6pm
- 2nd Ave subway is far behind schedule & way over b...
- Graffiti covers blank billboards
- Amazing what embarrassing TV coverage will do
- Teacher tenure rules changing
- Tips on how to spot illegal apartments
- Mr. Telephone Man, there's something STILL wrong w...
- Welcome to the "Queens Cab Stand Jungle"
- Crash landing at JFK
- Bridge and tunnel tolls going up again
- Parks to proceed with demolition of Cedar Grove
- Midnight craziness on Roosevelt Ave
- Millstones being moved to library
- Sounds like honest graft to me!
- Parking free-for-all
- "Progressives" looking to hurt small businesses
- Newtown Creek to get Superfund status
- Brothers charged with trespassing for going home
- THIS we have money for...
- Distressed properties to get assessments
- Filthy Food for Thought
- Still waiting...
- Caldor site to reopen as Asian mall
- Rosedale rezoned
- Flushing Commons deal is done
- Is Bloomberg really ok with this?
- Vallone asks City to buy Steinway Mansion
- Why do they get a pass?
- What the truck?
- Just what we needed
- Safecracking - you win some, you lose some
- Our "new" state senator?
- Financing Atlantic Yards
- Sad story at the St. Albans VA
- OT in overdrive
- Sleazy Vito update
- Willow Lake goes wild
- Why did Stop and Shop close?
- SHOCKING NEWS: A shitload of illegal conversions i...
- Cleanup continues
- Terrorism update
- Queens men accused of grease theft
- Ceiling hole fixed
- Message from Queens Civic Congress
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- Weve got some really crappy roads here
- Triangle hell continues
- What is the Council hiding?
- Illegal signs plague Sunnyside
- Money for nothing
- Rangel charity in trouble
- Apology to widow from Sadik-Khan
- Photos from Flushing
- Rego Park/Forest Hills tornado damage
- Bloomberg offers false hope to Cedar Grove Beach Club
- Cuomo suddenly thinks Lopez is shady
- Bad neighbor blog
- The waiting game
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- Are we in for a big boom?
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- Census truth: They just make it up!
- Loss of a lollipop
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- Can we have a mental competency exam, please?
- Did Vito pressure old ladies into doing his bidding?
- Time to limit legal gun ownership!
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8 comments:
mmmmmmmmmmm pastrami!
MartyStein, Catering Manager:
"...any kind of occasion. That's my forte."
Pronounced "fort", Marty. Not "fortay".
no, it's fortay.
George is correct. Had an English teacher that was obsessed with the proper pronunciation of that word.
And here's why the pronunciation of "forte" is "fort":
"Forte" is both an Italian and a French word.
In Italian "forte" is an adverb meaning "strongly", e.g. one plays the piano "forte" (pronounced "fortay"), i.e. with vim and vigor.
In French "forte" is a noun meaning "strong point", e.g. Marty does great catering for all occasions. That's his "forte" (pronounced "fort"), i.e. it's Ben's Best specialty.
Capisce? Comprenez-vous? Verstehst? Dig?
And Crapper, your English teacher was probably "obsessed" with its proper pronunciation because he/she didn't want you to sound foolish.
So it is indeed pronounced "fort". Stop farting around already.
And don't get me started on "hieroglyphics" vs. "hieroglyphs".
This site is s-o-o-o edyookayshanul.
I disagree. The language is subject to change. What was once pronounced like that is now pronounced like this.
That makes cents from hugh.
"Aks not want your country can do for you; rather, aks what you can do for your country." -John F. Kennedy
Lemme aks you somethin', Anonym. Why would you say "fortay" using 2 syllables, when the 1 syllable "forte" saves your breath?
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