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> Ñ and the ʻokina are proper letters and necessary for writing a bunch of American words correctly Depends what you mean by “correctly”, but in practice they’
by School-Cotton 3y ago
> Ñ and the ʻokina are proper letters and necessary for writing a bunch of American words correctly
Depends what you mean by “correctly”, but in practice they’re not necessary to write American English, and most people don’t use them (except in very high-production-value writing, like professionally edited books and magazines).
- NelsonMinar 3y agoTell that to the people who live in Española, NM; the official name of the city includes the ñ. Or Hawaiʻi, although for the latter "Hawaii" is at least correct from an official government placename perspective.
- permo-w 3y agoat a push, you can transliterate ñ as ny or ni, or even use the Portuguese nh if you really want to push the boat out, but when an ñ isn't available, most people seem to just drop it entirely and let you figure it out from context