;Posted on 02/19/2014 5:20:36 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 19, 2014-- forte
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forte [fawrt, fohrt or for 1, fawr-tey]
noun
1. a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in: I don't know what her forte is, but it's not music. Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
2. the stronger part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt (opposed to foible ).
3. A musical direction meaning “to be performed loudly”; the opposite of piano.
Pronunciation note:
In the sense of a person's strong suit ( He draws well, but sculpture is his real forte ), the older and historical pronunciation of forte is the one-syllable [fawrt] or [fohrt] pronounced as the English word fort. The word is derived from the French word fort, meaning “strong.” A two-syllable pronunciation [fawr-tey] is increasingly heard, especially from younger educated speakers, perhaps owing to confusion with the musical term forte, pronounced in English as [fawr-tey] and in Italian as [fawr-te]. Both the one- and two-syllable pronunciations of forte are now considered standard.
Origin: 1715–25; < Italian < Latin fortis strong
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Far from being humorless, you’re exhibiting one of the best aspects of Free Republic - knowledge sharing. Pick up a lot around here if one knows where to keep an ear out. Hell, when it comes to wildlife, I saw my first-ever non-zoo owl this week; that’s how city-fied I am.
we have no food outside, i doubt anyone else does, i just think that they were here first. The culdesac upon which we live was a farm for years before they built our houses. I do not want to kill it, i just wish there was a way to keep it out of our yard. We do not live in a city, it is a wooded suburbia. there is a preserved area down at the creek that cannot be touched by developers and it’s where he and his den are, i am sure. but they love to go catting around the dang neighborhood wreaking havoc among the dog population.
no one considers you anything remotely like a humorless bitch. i always appreciate your perspective.
Huskies are full of energy and very unhappy left alone- they are consumate escape artists...
I would, but you couldn’t read it at work. ;^)
Beautiful animals. Amazes me how large they are compared to their light weight. Guess that must help with that whole flying thing....
i’m so excited, i downloaded the NBC Sochi app to my phone and am able to watch the US-Czech game at my desk!
I agree that people leaving food out feeds wild animals and it will just keep drawing them in. But I would protect my dogs before being concerned about a wild fox. Just my opinion
A+++
Nice job!
There is a fox living inside Jones Stadium at Texas Tech. At one time that was the edge of town but is no longer so I don’t know where this animal is getting food - but he appeared on national TV this past fall when, during the middle of a football game, he decided to streak across the field! It was hilarious - they had to stop until he got through running and got back into the hole he had emerged from! It was the first time I learned of this fox but he is well known to the staff, they just let him live there.
Just got back from the gym, which is ten miles away. I had gone about a mile, on a quiet country road, when, all of a sudden, I started to fishtail. The fact that it was raining and exactly 32 degrees should have alerted me to the danger, but I actually thought it was warmer out. Anyway, no harm. I went perpendicular to the road, facing right, and then did a 180 and ended up facing to the left before the car started obeying my commands. Very lucky that nobody was coming towards me at the time.
You could just run to the gym for your workout!
holy crap that is SCARY! thank goodness you are ok!
No one said you were humorless. ;-)
Excellent idea. I usually play racquetball.
Thanks. Truth almost set himself free.
Well, a phone call from me solved most of the problem-the customary rudeness of a certain electrician caused it in the first place-he has zero customer service skills.
My compadre is coming by to take me to a late lunch for thanks-I’m going to try to organize some kind of a mini-customer service wcrkshop if I can get all the other subs on one site at the same time-this s*** is not cool-no one is helped by a fellow worker’s bad attitude...
Your wooded suburb on a creek as a protected area is exactly the same as where we lived in the burb—a protected, designated greenbelt and park with hiking/biking trails, development forbidden-so if even one of the neighbors is leaving pet food out, it is a magnet-nothing you can do about that. I’m really surprised there are no fences around properties, though, that close to a natural area. You might try a motion detector of some sort, like you mentioned-an electronics shop may have some good choices.
Oh man!!! That is funny (and you are brave)
hahaha! that would have been HORRIBLE!
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