That's all true. As I said at the beginning, I no longer correct other people's usage, saving the lecture for when they tell me *I'm* mispronouncing it. I recognize that I'm fighting a losing battle in the evolution of language here. :)
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
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Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Let's go with 'To Catch A Thief' for
$800"
From: Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, July 28, 2011 3:29 pm
To: [email protected]
But language is fluid. It's not something frozen in amber. It's alive and continues to evolve as it's used.And, this isn't a grammar issue. It's a preference issue on whether your preferred pronunciation of forte is the one that is correct. I say neither is more correct, that both are acceptible. But one of then, "fort", may make more people look at your weird than "fort-ay".
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
If it's whatever the usage says it is, then what's the purpose of teaching grammar in the first place? (not that it does much good anyway).It can be *intended to be* whatever the usage says it is. That doesn't make it correct. :)Doug FieldsTampa, FL-------- Original Message --------From: Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Let's go with 'To Catch A Thief' for
$800"
Date: Thu, July 28, 2011 2:46 pm
To: [email protected]
It's whatever the usage says it is. I mean, decimate no longer means losing 10% of your forces, right?On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:hah...I've given up on "forte", but I hear you. That's always been one of my peeves, too. It's more trouble than it's worth to correct people anymore, so I only do it when they ask me "why are you pronouncing 'forte' that way?"(and for those who have no idea what we're talking about, if you're referring to someone with a particular skill, that's their forte...pronounced "fort". It's only "for-tay" when you're talking about playing a musical instrument louder than normal.)Doug FieldsTampa, FL-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Let's go with 'To Catch A Thief' for $800"
From: Dave Sikula <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, July 28, 2011 2:10 pm
To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]>Just want to thank you for using "lectern" rather than the all-too-
common "podium." It's one of my pet peeves (along with the
mispronunciation of "forte").
--Dave Sikula
On Jul 27, 6:40 pm, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> He could easily "pull a Cullen" and just stay behind the lectern for the entire show, go to the board during the last break, and have the contestants join him there instead of at the lectern.
>
> On Jul 27, 2011, at 8:03 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 18:31, Bob in Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> >> I'd guess he doesn't need to shoot shows for at least that long...
>
> > I heard that "Wheel" just taped its first episodes of the fall last
> > weekend. If Jeopardy has a similar schedule, I don't see how they can
> > hold off that long, considering that the season premiere is probably
> > six and a half weeks out on September 12.
>
> > If Bill Cullen could have a long and successful career without ever
> > being shown taking more than a couple steps, Jeopardy should be able
> > to handle a few weeks of Alex Trebek being less than normally mobile.
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