What is the tilde really?
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I thought the tilde was the squiggle that's used above the letter n (ñ). Paralee Whitmire (who is terrific by the way) refers to what I call accent marks (over vowels such as é) as tildes. I'm confused.
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updated Nov 25, 2011
posted by asolomon
Welcome to the forum! - pesta, Nov 22, 2011
What is the r.a.e.? - asolomon, Nov 22, 2011
The R. A. E. = Real Academia Española -> http://www.rae.es/rae.html - pesta, Nov 22, 2011
Estoy aún aprendiendo como nevegar este sitio. Gracias por la R.A.E. información. - asolomon, Nov 25, 2011
Oops! (Como se dice "oops" in español?) I meant to say navegar vs nevegar! - asolomon, Nov 25, 2011
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In Spanish, tilde may refer to any markings including the squiggle above ñ and accents. Or tilde and accento are used as specific terms.
From tildar, To mark letters with a dash, as the ñ, to put an accent.
From the R.A.E.:
Virgulilla o rasgo que se pone sobre algunas abreviaturas, el que lleva la ñ, y cualquier otro signo que sirva para distinguir una letra de otra o denotar su acentuación
updated Nov 22, 2011
edited by pesta
posted by pesta
¡Perfecto! Gracias. - asolomon, Nov 22, 2011
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According to the internet, tilde is the mark above the eñe.
updated Nov 22, 2011
posted by Felixlynx
The R.A.E. is above whatever the internet has to say - 00e657d4, Nov 22, 2011
