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Pavlov, I think you meant square brackets

• pavlov 13y ago
  Yes, thanks! (I still haven't learned the English names for the various brackets, it seems... In my mind, the ones with the straight angles are the "angle" ones.)
  • unfunco 13y ago
    () parenthesis [] brackets {} braces
    • pavlov 13y ago
      So is there are single-word name for "angle brackets", the ones you write with less-than/greater-than symbols? If I had my way, I'd call them pointyparens.
      • Someone 13y ago
        The Hacker's Dictionary (http://www.dourish.com/goodies/jargon.html http://www.dourish.com/goodies/jargon.html) calls them Brokets, as shorthand for "broken brackets". And, by the way, the less pointy variant that is used in 'proper' typography is called a chevron or guillemet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet)
    • Someone 13y ago
      For those learning English: parenthesis is the singular, parentheses the plural: ( opening parenthesis ) closing parenthesis () parentheses (( two opening parentheses )) two closing parentheses Way more info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket
      • coldtea 13y ago
        And for those learning etymology, parenthesis comes from ancient Greek: Parenthesis, from "para" (next, beside, near) and "enthesis" (embedd, inline). So, essentialy to "inline near/next to something" (what we do with a parenthetical phrase).
    • lmm 13y ago
      "Brackets" means () in standard usage (at least where I'm from); you need to say "square brackets" if you want to clearly mean [].