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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Friday, September 6, 2002, 20:59
--- In conlang@y..., John Cowan <jcowan@R...> wrote:
> Philip Newton scripsit: > > > The reminds me -- pronouncing "forte" (strong point) as if it were > > "fort=E9" (/fOrtej/ or something like that). > > This is standard now too: even the OED lists it as the principal > pron.
Isn't it just taken from Italian? Then /fOrtej/ would be the best approximation. -- Christian Thalmann

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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>