Andy B. Wrote: >Ahhh, Myron, you're an illusion breaker. The Cubans don't tilde? >I will face up to reality if it is really so. But first, does anyone want to >jump into the discussion. I'll jump in. The Cubans *do* tilde (as do all spanish speaking nations) when the tilde is appropriate to the word. Since Habanero is pronounced ah-bah-NAY-ro, and not ah-bah-NYER-o, no tilde is called for. When Cubans spell Jalapeņo, the tilde is both written and pronounced, because that chile is pronounced ha-lah-PAIN-yo. Hoping I Jumped Clearly, Porter