The word "fount" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a shortened form of the word "fountain" and is commonly used to refer to a source or origin of something. Some examples of using "fount" in a sentence are: - "The library was a fount of knowledge, providing endless resources for my research paper." - "The company's founder was the fount of its success, always coming up with innovative ideas." - "He was known as a fount of wisdom in his community, always offering valuable advice to those in need." - "The river was a natural fount of life, providing water and resources for the surrounding villages."
But it does need to be said that Roger was, and is, one of journalism's forces of nature: a fount of talent, professionalism, intuition – and fun.
In which context I was struck recently by a remark made to me by an old Treasury friend, now retired, whom I had always regarded as the fount of orthodoxy and the "Treasury View" (that is, an ultra-cautious approach to spending and borrowing, and the introduction of restrictive measures at the slightest opportunity).
There was wide agreement among guests that Washington (while in many respects a spendthrift fount of tyranny) should bankroll Floridians' flood insurance.Spending on you: waste.
Some of the journalists were reported to the police and removed".Yet the Riche was still a fount of inspiration.
Above all, there were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and a whole new energy to popular music.Special report Rags and riches Fashion's favourite Business sense Family frictions Wish upon a rising star Selling dreams Catch a celebrity Street scene Sweating for fashion No end of luxury Sources ReprintsLondon was ready to become the fount of innovative fashion.
ReprintsMr Aquino considers Mrs Arroyo the fount of all corruption for her ten years as president.
The Republicans are a rum bunch with a wooden leader; but Mr Romney's record as an executive and governor is impressive, and his running-mate, Paul Ryan, is a fount of bold ideas.
At a stroke, this has breathed new life into hopes of ending the very conflict which critics of his Iraq policy routinely describe as the core problem of the Middle East and the fount of Islamic terrorism.
A selection of stories on the Americas from around the web The IADB's annual macroeconomic report (pdf) The 50th anniversary of Brazil's military coupThe economic impact of the World Cup (paywall)San Cristóbal, fount of Venezuela's protests, is cleared of barricades.
A year earlier Mr Koizumi had called a general election and won in a landslide, appealing over the heads of his party in favour of essential reforms, notably the privatisation of the postal-savings system, a fount of political patronage.
Bloggers, tweeters, politicians and everyone else have an incentive to focus on the shutdown, to intensify the controversy, in order to drink from the resulting fount of public attention.
