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Apparantly it's not Acuna, it's Acuqa with a squiggle over the top

Don't know if it'll come out on here but here goes .... .. What's the squiggle over the "N" called ?

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

Answers

And how do you pronouce ACUQA?

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

It's a tilde and makes the 'n' pronunciation 'nya', ie 'Acoonya'.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

Que?

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

Not that my memory is any good but from my Spanish lessons at school I seem to recall the quiggle being referred to as a tilder or tilda.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

Refresh before you post ? good idea, I must try it sometime.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000


Hola, Sr. Clark. Que pasa ?

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

It's Achooo NAH ! A sneeze then a complete denial !! The squiggle is actually called Terry and normally lives under the Swing Bridge....mushroom season again here in Java.....

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

...that must be magic then?!

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2000

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