Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

--- 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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