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Re: Simple symbol question

Subject: Re: Simple symbol question
From: Jean Weber <jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 09:40:42 +1000

Peter has made his decision (to call them "angle brackets"), and I'll add another reason to those other people have mentioned:

Many Australians call ( and ) "brackets" rather than "parentheses", so I make sure I say "angle brackets" if it's important to distinguish < and > from other brackets. As others have mentioned, this is definitely a good place to include the symbols as well as the descriptive terms.

As Peter has a UK address, I'm wondering whether Brits call ( and ) parentheses or brackets or something else?

Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
mailto:jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au
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pkingston -at- nomadsoft -dot- co -dot- uk wrote:

Anyone know what these symbols are known as when used as brackets (rather
than mathematical symbols)?

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