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In response to "Thing I learned today: Do you know the proper typographic term for these {} brackets? -- nm" by Reagen

they are apparently called

Posted by Reagen Feb 4 '16, 20:33

accolades.

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Only kinda. In the Netherlands. In English, they're just "braces". -- (link) - Mop Feb 4, 20:51 5
- and in the Oxford dictionary, so... -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 20:55 1
  - Fortunately, I have full access to OED. So here's the entry. - Mop Feb 4, 21:10
- the dutch are strange. tulips, cheese, clogs, land reclaimed from the sea... boy... I don't know. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 20:55 2
  - when you read into the tulip thing it's way weirder than it seems from the outside - Reagen Feb 4, 20:57 1
    - yep. it's a big deal in economic history circles. first commodity bubble, basically. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 21:02
Noooooooooo way. That's great. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:34 1
- {Bery} -- nm - budice Feb 4, 20:35

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