Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 07, 2015

Pull Hammy Pull !

He’s glued it to the stump. Clever, devious turtle.

1 squirrel with rubber arms.

It is – arguably – not possible to pronounce “forte” correctly. If it is pronounced as its French roots would dictate, it is “fort”, because there is no accent on the last letter, i.e., “forté”. But, since the common English pronunciation has been “for-tay”, there is a strong argument for that being the correct pronunciation (in English). So, looked at from a certain point of view, there is no correct way to pronounce it (or there are two correct ways, but it is more fun to say there is none).

Wrestling and boxing; where poetry goes to die, ’cause, it “floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.”

I have (fortunately) nothing to say about throwing chewing gum at cats.

QuiteDragon: It depends on what you mean. Fort (French, a strong point), fortay (Italian, loud, as in the musical notation).

Correct. It’s [for-tay] for the Italian word meaning “loud”, the opposite of “piano”, but [fort] for the French word meaning “strong point” (originally, the strong part of a sword blade), the opposite of “foible”.