Re: is "n with tilde" used in French language ?

From: Ted Hopp (ted.hopp@newslate.com)
Date: Mon Jul 05 2004 - 10:23:31 CDT

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On Monday, July 05, 2004 7:52 AM, António Martins-Tuválkin wrote:
> From Spanish "cañón"? I'm sure there's an excellent reason to "keep"
> the tilde but trash the acute... ;-)

Possibly because, in Spanish, the accent simply indicates which syllable
carries the stress (not otherwise changing the pronunciation of the o),
while ñ is a different letter from n.

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