Cranfield Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 What does the symbol that looks like the letter "S" on its side mean and what is it called ? Ageing memory needs assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Panic over, its a "tilde". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miki Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) A wonderful thing ... over the middle of a letter indicates pharyngealisation or velarisation and if above it smybolises a nasalisation (like the 27th letter in Portugese). Its an approximation in numerics .... '~50 people were there' or '~£100 gets you a good one where ~£50 is a fake' ... Edited March 20, 2021 by miki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, miki said: A wonderful thing ... over the middle of a letter indicates pharyngealisation or velarisation and if above it smybolises a nasalisation (like the 27th letter in Portugese). Its an approximation in numerics .... '~50 people were there' or '~£100 gets you a good one where ~£50 is a fake' ... Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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