Comments on: Forte Pronunciation

By: Gary M. Vanderwege

Gary M. Vanderwege — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:02:00 +0000

As a sport fencing coach, I always try to instruct my students that the bottom/strong part of a fencing blade is the forte (pronounced as you say with ONE syllable).Â For what its worth, the upper/weak part of the blade is the foilble. (Next lesson?)
You are now a hit with the sport fencing community as well.

By: rijk

rijk — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:02:51 +0000

I see a really big contradiction here.
On the one hand your Lessons are on etymology, but on the other the change the word forte is undergoing should be denied, shouldn’t you bee [rooting] for this?

By: leonard

leonard — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:50:47 +0000

protecting my fort :razz: enough, right :!:

By: Chemikal

Chemikal — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:12:40 +0000

Fine work!
What, you cook?
Nooo wayyy =))
I have yet to discover my fort, but that only leads me to believe that it is something great, something I haven’t tried before. Maybe… driving a space shuttle? Or flying? We shall see :D

By: mallepietje

mallepietje — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:03:59 +0000

My grandfather is dutch, he always calls me malle pietje
so that’s where my nickname comes from

By: dezdkado

dezdkado — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:15:14 +0000

If Co-comment is not an option…
If you two chessboard warriors set up two separate comments on a page(one after the other), and only reply in your opponent’s commentary, you will always have an email notification of a move, as well as a direct link back to the page you are posting your moves on.

By: dellforce

dellforce — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:04:53 +0000

This will go a lot more easily if you download co-comment…
Otherwise, we’ll have to keep finding this particular note under this video.

By: dellforce

dellforce — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:02:06 +0000

:mad: You’re ON! :mad: 1….e6 :mad: :mad:

By: CampKohler

CampKohler — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:28:01 +0000

So a fort can consist of one person with one weapon? A fort would normally have several persons facing in different directions, so I don’t think your example holds. However, I give you credit for a good try.

Actually I think the name was applied to the airplane because most people just don’t make the distinction unless they are talking about something that traditionally is called a fort, i.e. an army fort. Besides, fortress just has a better ring to it. In the end, it’s all PR.

By: dedixon

dedixon — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:03:16 +0000

:grin: Well I did…but as you see….I wasn’t that good…. :sad: …two misspelled words….youngster and your