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Wording and pronunciation of '(', '[' and '{' Thread poster: Mats Wiman
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Mats Wiman 
Sweden
Local time: 11:05
Member (2000)
German to Swedish
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In memoriam
If you have to tell someone how to spell these signs, you often land in difficulties.
AFAIK, in English it's 'bracket', 'square bracket' and '......' (what)
Please tell us your versions!
Mats
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Grayson Morr (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 11:05
Dutch to English
| American usage | Feb 10, 2010 |
I call these "(left) parenthesis," "bracket," and "curly bracket." In list form:
() parentheses
[] brackets (or square brackets when needing to distinguish from....)
{} curly brackets
angle brackets
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| { is a curly bracket in English and Tuborg in Danish | Feb 10, 2010 |
{ is called a curly bracket in general conversation AFAIK.
In Danish it is known as a Tuborg, because it reminds people of the crown cap on top of a beer bottle!
Tuborg parentes, if necessary.
I am not sure what the official names are!
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
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Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Mats Wiman wrote:
AFAIK, in English it's 'bracket', 'square bracket' and '......' (what)
Afrikaans: hakie (literally little hook)
ZA English: bracket
The word "parenthesis" is not unknown in ZA but it is very uncommon and there is a definite risk of misunderstanding if you use it.
For the different shapes:
Afrikaans:
[ ] = blokhakie (block hook), vierkanthakie (square hook)
{ } = krulhakie (curl hook)
< > = skerp hakie (sharp hook), kleiner-as OR groter-as (less than OR greater than)
( ) = ronde hakie (round hook)
« » = klein dubbelhakie (small double hook)
ZA English:
[ ] = square bracket
{ } = curly bracket
< > = sharp bracket, greater-than OR less-than
( ) = round bracket
« » = small double bracket (the use of these signs for quotes is so uncommon in ZA that it would more likely be described as a type of bracket and not as a type of quote character)
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Maria Castro
Portugal
Local time: 10:05
Member (2008)
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() - parênteses (curvo)
[] - parênteses recto
{ - chaveta
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() parentesi (parentesi tonde)
[] parentesi quadre
{} parentesi graffe
parentesi uncinate
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I refer to "The Oxford Style Manual", which says:-
"Correctly, the round brackets () are parentheses; [] are square brackets to the British, though often simply called brackets in US use; {} are braces or curly brackets; and are angle brackets."
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jacana54 (X)
Uruguay
English to Spanish
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According to the Real Academia Española:
( paréntesis
[ corchete
{ llaves
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P Forgas
Brazil
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Portuguese to Spanish
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Lucia Colombino wrote:
According to the Real Academia Española:
( paréntesis
[ corchete
{ llaves
antilambdas
«» comillas latinas
P.
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() - haakjes
[] - vierkante haken
{} accolades
< - kleiner dan
> - groter dan
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Hildegard Klein-Bodenheimer (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:05
English to German
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() - Klammern oder runde Klammern
[] - eckige Klammern
{} - geschweifte oder geschwungene Klammern (Akkoladen)
< > - Verhältniszeichen (kleiner als, größer als)
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Nevenchi
Local time: 11:05
English to Croatian
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| in Croatian: | Feb 10, 2010 |
() -> (okrugle) zagrade;
[] -> uglate zagrade;
{} -> vitičaste zagrade;
-> trokutaste zagrade, ili manje/veće od
[Edited at 2010-02-10 14:23 GMT]
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Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 07:05
Portuguese to English
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In memoriam | In Portuguese | Feb 10, 2010 |
In Portuguese (Brazilian):
( ) parênteses
[] colchetes
{} chaves
I don't know about except in their mathematical usage: < (menor que = less than) or > (maior que = greater than).
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kawthar Omar
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 13:05
English to Arabic
القوسان أو الهلالان ( )
brackets or (two) crescents.
المعقوفان [ ]
hooked brackets.
الحاصرتان { }
restricting brackets.
الشارتان < >
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Neil Coffey
United Kingdom
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Grayson Morris wrote:
I call these "(left) parenthesis," "bracket," and "curly bracket." In list form:
() parentheses
[] brackets (or square brackets when needing to distinguish from....)
{} curly brackets
angle brackets
In computer speak at least, the curly brackets are also often called "braces".
Usually if you say "brackets", people will assume you mean () unless you specify otherwise (and if you do need to specify, then yes, parenthesis is generally unambiguous in meaning the () variety).
I also got into an argument a few weeks ago with another computer programmer who said that they don't use "brackets" to refer to (). From my experience, I disagree-- for many people "brackets" can refer to either parentheses or braces, and in some contexts possible square brackets-- but it was interesting to note the other point of view.
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