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The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally.

Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.

But the thought of her drugdealer boyfriend taking her to Pound Town in front of our potential child was, let's just say, out of my comfort zone.