Reply #60: An accent on the e

[Ediacara]

is only necisary if it's the accented sylable. That is of course, if the derivation is Italian and not French. According to Merriam-Webster, it's pronounced both ways, but the derivation is from both Italian and French.

The French derivation is based on the French word fort which is the strong point of a sword. This is actually pronounced as "for" (no T). This aparently refers to a physical area of a sword, and not someone's strong point.

The word forte, when used to mean someone's strong point, is derived from Italian, and definately should be pronounced as two sylabals, even though many English grammarians have looked down on this.