That ubiquitous letter -- ñ -- is such a fascinating letter of the alphabet (I'm not even sure it's considered a member of the alphabet family). The way it's pronounced by itself -- enye -- and the way it sounds when squished next to other letters -- nyuh -- throws me in for the loop. Fascinates me to no end.
Of course, using that letter has its drawbacks. If you don't know the shortcut keys in Word, you end up with the bland looking n instead of the more dazzling ñ, which definitely has more character than its more sedate counterpart.
The ñ looks like a regular n that took a walk, got caught in the rain, and took shelter under the safety of an umbrella.
Kind of like the ñ in my life who I used to find shelter with as well.
ñ, this is for you. Thank you for sheltering me when I got caught in the rain. And thank you for sheltering me still even when the rain stopped.
Friday, December 17, 2004
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I'm personally a fan of Alt 230 -- µ -- which is excellent for lab reports for all sorts of "micro" measurements. Same goes for Alt 167 -- º -- when writing about temperatures. Alt 130 -- é -- is pretty useful as well for French or Spanish ennunciation.
-changston
hmmm... this is new.
i always used Alt-0241 when i needed one... and Alt-0209 for it's capital letter counterpart.
danke schoen!
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