Re: Languages A-Z

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Doug Ewell scripsit:

> It's probably no better than 5 in 10. I think I'll conduct a poll at
> work today.

The question's a bit artificial: U.S. people only run into ~ (outside
computer contexts) as part of ñ, and even hispanophones will think of
this as a unique letter, the letter "eñe".

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