IN CASTILIAN the tilde, or accent - has two functions: the prosodic and diacritical . This is much easier than it looks. When we speak of an "accent", we mean the tilde ['] that we put in a word to show the tonic syllable , which carries the force or prosodic accent. Thus, we distinguish easily between road and walked , for example. In the first word, the voice suddenly falls on the second syllable: ca- MI -no. By the rules of accentuation, is not necessary to use any tilde to indicate that the second syllable carries the prosodic accent. In walked on the other hand, the prosodic accent falls on the last syllable: ca-me-not . As this is a word ending in acute vocal, the rule requires us to use an accent here, or tilde - to indicate that Nó syllable is stronger. (The tilde, remember, is always placed above a vowel in English, unlike what happens in some other languages). [. . .]
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