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Old 11-19-2004, 12:09 PM   #2610
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Originally posted by Fugee
Not according to my amazingly heavy Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary. Its says the "forte" in music comes from the Italian word meaning strong or loud but the nonmusic "forte" comes from the French fort meaning a fort or strong point and is one syllable.
then why is is spelled the same as the Italian?
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