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"What other spelling idiosyncrasies are there that I can get on my high horse about?" Not spelling, but I prefer the way of referring to brackets in the UK. It
by open-source-ux 6y ago
"What other spelling idiosyncrasies are there that I can get on my high horse about?"
Not spelling, but I prefer the way of referring to brackets in the UK. It's simpler and logical:
() = brackets
[] = square brackets
{} = curly brackets
In the US:
() = parentheses (what a mouthful :-)
[] = brackets
{} = braces
- Lammy 6y ago"parens" / pəˈrɛnz /
- Zach_the_Lizard 6y agoI've heard "square brackets" here in the US. I'd also use the term "curly braces" over just "braces" but either is acceptable.
- amelius 6y agoI thought "<" was for "bra" and ">" for "ket", so "<>" for bra(c)kets? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation
- open-source-ux 6y ago<> = angle brackets (At least that's the UK usage I'm familiar with)
- thaumasiotes 6y agoReally? I would have identified "angle brackets" as ⟨⟩.
- open-source-ux 6y agoYes, those are angle brackets but they are not listed on an ASCII keyboard so most people use the < (less than) and > (greater than) symbols and these are still referred to as angle brackets (for example when referring to HTML or XML tags). There is a difference between how brackets are referred to in mathematics[1] vs usage in written everyday English: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AngleBracket.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AngleBracket.html [1] Another interesting difference between UK and US English: UK = Maths (shorthand for mathematics) US = Math
- Symbiote 6y agoThat's an obscure scientific notation in a specific field. Very few native speakers will be familiar with it. < and > are less-than and greater-than, or angle brackets if the real angle brackets are unavailable.