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I genuinely love how American, Australian, and British, English all differ in these subtle ways. I think another example that gets me is: `e.g.` vs `e.g.,` MS W
by ponco 5y ago
I genuinely love how American, Australian, and British, English all differ in these subtle ways. I think another example that gets me is:
`e.g.` vs `e.g.,`
MS Word favours the `e.g.,` which I never see in Australian English.
- open-source-ux 5y agoThere are so many small differences between English language flavours, it's fascinating. Going off on a tangent, here's a random example... The way brackets/parentheses are referred to in American English vs British English is different. In the US: () = parentheses [] = brackets {} = braces (or curly braces) <> = angle brackets In the UK: () = brackets (or 'round brackets') [] = square brackets {} = curly brackets <> = angle brackets (or angled brackets) I prefer the UK version because it is simpler and feels logical. Plus, the word 'parentheses' is a mouthful :-)
- flurdy 5y agoSurely {} = squiggly brackets ?
- Izkata 5y agoI work with UK and US people regularly, and despite not being an official name this is the only name for those characters that everyone has automatically understood.
- a9h74j 5y agoWhen writing code by hand I literally just draw mirrored squiggles. (On inspection, only the first stroke at the top reliably indicates direction.)
- frosted-flakes 5y agoLogically, yes, but "curly brackets" is the only term I have ever heard used for these types of brackets. In Canada, which tends to use a lot of UK-isms.
- Accacin 5y agoHuh, I'm from the UK and use the American versions. They American ones feel more logical to me. Probably all the programming books I read used the word 'parentheses' (:
- tsujp 5y ago{} are also referred to as handlebars, I've had a few American colleagues use that.
- dcminter 5y agoI'm British and have worked in the US so I've used most if not all of these forms. I'm not sure why the British one feels more logical to you, but I don't feel strongly drawn to either so probably it's more about familiarity. > Plus, the word 'parentheses' is a mouthful :-) There's a certain flow to the term "parenthetical" that I enjoy too! Alas I am entirely too parenthetic in my own writing and thus spend an annoying amount of time eliding the parentheticals :)