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Not mentioned in the guide: in the UK very few people use the term 'parentheses', instead they just say brackets. Similarly, 'curly braces' is simply 'curly bra
by open-source-ux 9y ago
Not mentioned in the guide: in the UK very few people use the term 'parentheses', instead they just say brackets. Similarly, 'curly braces' is simply 'curly brackets'. And following on from that, you have 'square brackets' (same as US).
UK:
- Brackets ()
- Curly brackets {}
- Square brackets []
US:
- Parentheses ()
- Curly braces {}
- Square brackets []
- AlbertoGP 9y agoThanks for this! I'm Spanish, live in Germany, and speak English regularly with other non-native speakers: this causes a lot of confusion. What I've ended up doing: - Parentheses () - Braces {} - Brackets [] It's good to know that, however economic this might look to me, it's still likely to be misunderstood or at least ambiguous even to native speakers.