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[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Spelling is not my fortaa, fortae, fourta…. I ain’t good at it.

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Forte you get a pass for. It's borrowed directly from French word "forté" which is pronounced the same but has the accent on the e which signals that it's pronounced as an "a". So as an English speller it's not correct at all.

This is from my high school French so this might all be false.