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Huh, today I learned "parenthesis" are called "round brackets" in UK

• efdee 6y ago
  Coincidentally the Dutch word(s) for "brackets" translates to "square parenthesis".
  • sedatk 6y ago
    In Turkish, brackets are called "parentheses with corners".
• dmux 6y ago
  Is the term "parenthetical" not common in the UK?
  • mhh__ 6y ago
    The alternative would be bracketed, I suppose, so it is common.
    • cannam 6y ago
      Wouldn't it just be "in brackets"? I used to hear that quite often - not so much in recent years, if I think about it, but that may be by chance. I think it is what I would say.
• mhh__ 6y ago
  I have never ever heard anyone call them that in the UK, they're either brackets or parenthesis to anyone I've ever spoken to - from scientists, to builders, my grandparents all said brackets (Including the one is almost illiterate) I'm sure someone must use it but it's not at all common
  • mst 6y ago
    I picked up "round brackets", "square brackets", "curly brackets" somewhere during my (Lancashire) youth though generally I only use them now when I encounter somebody confused by parens/brackets/braces as terminology.
    • mhh__ 6y ago
      I say square and curly, but not round - I'm from Devon, but I'm only 19, so I haven't got the accent.