How to pronounce "~"?

# reads sharp,& reads and,then ~?

[jackjm]

I'm not a native english speaker,and I want to know the pronunciation of ~.
I used search engine to get the answer,but ~ is a too frequently used icon on the net,maybe there are some skills or sites can do.
Thx in advance.

[Bradley]

"tilda" is the pronunciation.

[jackjm]

thx,Bradley.

[Laisha]

"Tilde" is indeed the proper name, but as a former AOL Customer Care Consultant (tech support), I will say that many people understand you better if you call it "that squiggly thing above the numeral 1 on your keyboard," or simply "that squiggly thing."

[amoore]

I prefer the colloquial term "pinata".

[Woz]

Also, # is Sharp in Music, Hash in UK/Aus and Pound in US, or al least as I understnad.

Onya
Woz

[amoore]

Or, "octothorpe" to we computer-types.
also, this: "#!" is a shebang.
this: "/*" is a slashterisk
this: "*/" is an asterslash
and this: "!" is a bang.

[stevedob]

"that squiggly thing above the numeral 1 on your keyboard,"

Which, depending on their keyboard layout, may well not be the "squiggly thing".

[cornwall]

Which, depending on their keyboard layout, may well not be the "squiggly thing".

Quite right. Above "1" on my UK keyboard, I have "!" and the "squiggly thing" is above "#"

One suspects other countries keyboards are equally different. I had to type on a French keyboard on holiday - very difficult!

[deejay]

crikey... looks like we've got tildes squiggling all over the place.

I have! above my 1...

# is above 3...

and my tilde is above ` .. which is to the far left above the tab key.

incidentally.. I used to date a guy named Walther..... Waltzing Mathilda used to make me tingle...

[stevedob]

Tell me about it! I used to deliver hands-on training courses across Europe and the US. By the time you take into account the language usage and the keyboard layouts in the different countries, it is hardly surprising you become a little deranged. :)

That's my excuse anyway, and I'm sticking to it.

[tbear]

"squiggly thing" doesn't appear anywhere on my spanish keyboard, but I know where it's hiding~~~~~ under ctrl-alt-4. # is next to 3 for me.
Lol, I know many people here of different nationality and often type gobbledygook on their machines before noticing the differences in layout.

[lorax]

I pronounce it 'till day' but spell it tilde.

[Xoc]

From the Intercal [bears.ece.ucsb.edu] specification:

. spot
: two-spot
, tail
; hybrid
# mesh
= half-mesh
' spark
` backspark
! wow
? what
" rabbit ears
"(backspace). rabbit
¦ spike
% double-oh-seven
- worm
< angle
> right angle
( wax
) wane
[ U turn
] U turn back
{ embrace
} bracelet
& ampersand
V book
V(backspace)- bookworm
$ big money
¢ change
* splat
~ squiggle
_ flat worm
¯ overline
+ intersection
/ slat
\ backslat
@ whirlpool
-(backspace)' hookworm
^ shark
#(backspace)I(backspace)[(backspace)] blotch

Some quotes:

The INTERCAL programming language was designed the morning of May 26, 1972
by Donald R. Woods and James M. Lyon, at Princeton University. Exactly when
in the morning will become apparent in the course of this manual.

The full name of the compiler is "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable
Acronym", which is, for obvious reasons, abbreviated "INTERCAL".