Actually, if you pronounce vowels in Spanish they are: A=Ah E=A I=E O=O U= Ooh Therefore Tilde is pronounced Teelday (long e and long a) and I'm an expert because I took two years of Espanol about 45 years ago. Dave TLCC > Thanks Rob! > Yer xactly rite! That was what I wanted to know. See that old codger > Doug > doesn't know how helpful you can be. Him & I became friends after he > put me on the straight & narrow. You seem to be a harder nut to crack. > Keep him in check for me, will Ya?!?! > > Yours in heat, > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Lash" <info@thelash.com> > To: <chile-Heads@globalgarden.com> > Sent: Friday, 07 February, 2003 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [CH] Please help I.D this pepper > > > At 04:24 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >The NorthEast ChileMan wrote: > ><snip> > > > my trying to find "Hot" Jalapeņo (not to start another flame war > > > but > > how do > > > you pronounce the word for the symbol over the n? > > > >The n with the tilde has a bit of a "y" sound: > > > > From the dictionary of Epicurious: > > jalapeņo [hah-lah-PEH-nyoh] > > > >AndyB > > Actually Andy, I think he wants to know how to pronounce the word > "tilde" which would be till-day, or till-deh, depending on where yer > from- > > > Rob K > http://www.thelash.com > Celtic Mayhem From America > Illegitimati non carborundum! > > > > > >