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Originally Posted by tw
Still don't know what the letter n with tilde is called. Knew it once. It was not ntilde. But cannot remember.
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It is considered its own letter in the Spanish alphabet, so like other letters, its name is based on the pronunciation: you say "en-yay," but it's only ever written as the n with the tilde, just like you would never write "ess" when you are referring to the letter S.
Incidentally, the double-L ("eh-yeh",) double-R (errre,) and ch ("cheh") are also considered to be individual letters in the Spanish alphabet as well, which makes Spanish crossword puzzles funny, because you do indeed need to put two letters inside one box when those pairs come up.