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Here are some of my least liked phrases and words:

Agree to disagree: A redundant juvenile sounding phrase. Try mutual(ly) disagree(ment)

Folk who interchange accept for except. "I cannot except this item" Morons.

Momentarily, as in "Someone will be with you momentarily"

Momentarily means FOR a moment, not IN a moment.

People who say forte (meaning strongest ability) as For-tay. The word is pronounced FORT and it is an English word meaning strong ability. For-tay is an Italian word that means "loud".

Any of these new millenium business buzzword speak, ie.

"Work smarter", "At the end of the day...", "think outside the box", etc.
The Apprentice is NOTORIOUS for overusing these played-out words and phrases and I read someone that if you made a drinking game out of this show where hearing one of these buzzwords/phrases required you to take a drink, you would be wasted in no time flat.

Any politically correct terms, such as "physically challenged", "handi-capable", "womYn", makes me sick to my stomach. Get over yourself and get a thicker skin.

Our lovely principal (:rolleyes: ) says " I want our students to behave perfect." It's PERFECTLY, you moron!! Use your G.D. adverbs!!:mad:

(Oh well, when I was in high school our principal said "liberry.")

COSIGN.

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And, "strong" in French.
ETA: I just looked it up...forte (for-tay) in Italian means loud, hard and strong.

So, basically, it is incorrect to say fort and correct to say for-tay.

Camel-toe!

oh god yes

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That is correct, and it's a word that we took from the French. It is not originally and English word.

Thought of some more.

"I know how you feel." NO YOU DON'T. You may have been through something similar or whatnot, but only I know how I feel! This is ESPECIALLY annoying to hear people use when consoling someone who just lost a loved one. Instead of saying that, just express your sympathy and let them know you're there for them. OHHHH it bugs me.

Any words for the female, um, parts. Ugh. Those words disgust me.

"It'll be okay." Or, "Smile." Hey dumbass, if I'm having a bad day, that's not gonna help.

Okay, this one is more obscure I guess and other musicians or whatnot on here will understand me.

I HATE IT when I meet someone, and I tell them I play the saxophone...and they ask...."ARE YOU GOOD?" wtf am I supposed to say to that? If I say yes, I sound conceited. If I say no, I sound like I suck and have no self confidence.

Besides I've been playing for almost 14 years, am a music major, I perform in a lot of conferences around the region, and am looking into grad schools to study saxophone performance. Surely I've picked up some kind of ability over the years...

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Not quite.

When using 'forte' to refer to a person's strongest ability, the 'correct' pronunciation should be /fort/ - versions of the OED have alternated between declaring this (correct) version dead, and attempting to revive it.

When using 'forte' as a musical term, you add the ending flourish /tay/.

The reason why you do NOT add the 'tay' for the first meaning is precisely the same as what you said - the term comes from the french word for strong. Much like "morale" or "locale," we have mistakenly adopted the feminine version of the French term, but kept the masculine pronunciation.

Don't feel bad if you're a 'for-tay' person, though, as I'd say well over 99% of the people on the planet use this pronunciation. Many consider it to be a 'disputed' pronunciation at this point, but it seems obvious which has 'won.'

"Notate" - Totally made up word. Correct usage is "I'll make a note in your account/file etc. NOT "I'll notate your account."

"Freemasonary" or "Masonary" - There ISN'T a second A in the word! It's "Masonry" and "Freemasonry".

"How come you're so smart?" - Eat shit and die, people! If you take a little time and keep up on current events by reading the newspaper or watching the evening news instead of watching mindless crap on the TV, you won't be totally oblivious to what's going on in the world!

'Like' is a word. 'Likelike' is a Hawaiian word. NOT a verbal punctuation mark!!!!

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The masculine pronunciation is actually "for" and the feminine is "fort." The flourish on the "e" comes from Italian.

:)

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I don't speak French, so that's my bad, but I'm about 90% sure that we were taught that the traditional french feminization of 'strong' comes out 'forte' in modern english usage classes, directly to explain this phenomenon. But "forte" meaning "strongest skill" is directly an f-up using the French feminine word for "strong" and should thus be pronounced /fort/ as you spelled it above.

The flourish being italian is correct, and that's why it was only used for the musical term.

This argument is rendered pointless by the fact that, since about 1960, both American and British English has pronounced it incorrectly and thus it has become acceptable usage (according to the OED circa 1963, I'll post a link if you'd like further backup) to pronounce both terms the same.

I have great jugs.

He/she/it is in a better place.
They aren't in pain anymore.
You still have three OTHER dogs to love.

No you can't get that purse/shoes. :(