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e12e on Aug 12, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Teflon Toxin

I think you have that backwards -- it would appear it's pronounced ˈfȯrt when used as a technical term of the the strong part of a sword hilt -- but not here, as it is used as a reference to a certain tools strong use-case?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forte

gjm11 on Aug 12, 2015 [–]

The OED gives the bisyllabic pronunciation for all meanings, with a note saying that the monosyllabic pronunciation used to be used.

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