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Thing I learned today: Do you know the proper typographic term for these {} brackets? -- nm
Posted by
Reagen
Feb 4 '16, 20:29
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they are apparently called
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Reagen
Feb 4, 20:33
8
Only kinda. In the Netherlands. In English, they're just "braces". -- (link)
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Mop
Feb 4, 20:51
5
and in the Oxford dictionary, so... -- nm
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Reagen
Feb 4, 20:55
1
Fortunately, I have full access to OED. So here's the entry.
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Mop
Feb 4, 21:10
the dutch are strange. tulips, cheese, clogs, land reclaimed from the sea... boy... I don't know. -- nm
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mafic
Feb 4, 20:55
2
when you read into the tulip thing it's way weirder than it seems from the outside
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Reagen
Feb 4, 20:57
1
yep. it's a big deal in economic history circles. first commodity bubble, basically. -- nm
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mafic
Feb 4, 21:02
Noooooooooo way. That's great. -- nm
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Beryllium
Feb 4, 20:34
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{Bery} -- nm
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budice
Feb 4, 20:35
yo.
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mafic
Feb 4, 20:32
Curly braces. -- nm
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Beryllium
Feb 4, 20:31
curly brakcets? -- nm
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budice
Feb 4, 20:31
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