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02-08-2004, 08:48 PM
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Manshoon
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We are having an argument in software design and devlopment about a certain key on all keyboards.
the key is "~" and we want to know how you pronounce it properly. a sound file on how to pronounce it properly would be greatly apreciated. [ 02-08-2004, 08:51 PM: Message edited by: Azeral ]
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02-08-2004, 09:17 PM
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Lord Soth
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It's called a tilde. I've heard it pronounced TILL-duh (my choice) or TILL-dee.
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02-08-2004, 09:35 PM
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Quintesson
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...onary&va=tilde
Click on the little red speaker symbol next to "Main Entry: til·de" |
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02-08-2004, 09:52 PM
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Knight of the Rose
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Hmm... tilde. I've heard it pronounced two ways. til-duh, and tild
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02-08-2004, 10:26 PM
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Ironworks Moderator
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Over here, it's most commonly pronounced, till-duh.
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02-08-2004, 10:27 PM
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40th Level Warrior
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Give it a hispanic flavor, and I believe you'll hear a third way... til-day.
When I give presentations, I usually refer to it as the squiggle. People know what that means more easily 
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02-09-2004, 01:04 AM
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Knight of the Rose
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Actually Bungleau, that's one of the few things I recall from my spanish class. And my taught us to pronounce in tielda, or a more simplified phonetic spelling. teel-duh. Or something there-abouts
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02-09-2004, 01:36 AM
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Apophis
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It's a Squiggly. Though I also pronounce it "Till-duh"
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02-09-2004, 01:43 AM
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The Dreadnoks
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Software design, algorythms use ~ Aka tilde for con't during file compression in a well, compressed folder. You will observe it if you have "show name of file" turned on.
In my most least favorite subject, where logically 2+2 could = (add youR own darn) #. ~ is a true symbol for logic, be it fuzzy, or electrical. However, not to be confused with ~ for ground whilst tracing schematics. Hmm, Tilde ~.
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02-09-2004, 04:12 AM
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We here pronounce it "se" ( as in snake in chinese ) as nobody knows the english pronounciation.
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