-654 What the heck is a parenthesis? Last time I checked, it's a bracket, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thank you! Practically everyone on this site says parenthesis, and I'm always like WTF ? :|

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Parentheses = ( ) Brackets = [ ] :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm from the UK We call brackets = ( ) and those we just call square brackets.. = [ ]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay, that clears things up. I actually kind of like your way better because parenthesis is a bitch of a word.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

O_o Weird. South Africans do the same as in the UK. (brackets) and [square brackets]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

{what are these?}

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Your+name+(optional)): Hmmm... fancy brackets? Or maybe some that are a bit too excited to finally be used ;)?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Your+name+(optional)): They look a lot like some of the stuff used on sheet music...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Your+name+(optional)): Squigglies.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

how do you spell the singular version of parenthesis?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

singular=parenthesis and plural=parentheses. I think.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Americans call ( ) parenthesis and [ ] brackets. I'm assuming your from the UK?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(parenthesis) [brackets]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

correct :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

()= parenthesis []=brackets {}=???????????????

by Anonymous 13 years ago

braces

by Anonymous 13 years ago

{}=braces. :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

( ) = parentheses { } = brackets [ ] = square brackets

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wow this shows how outnumbered we brits are on this site :(

by Anonymous 13 years ago

nope, South Africa

by Anonymous 13 years ago

South africa! :) (brackets) [square brackets]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Canada = (Brackets) [Square Brackets] {Used in flash coding, Don't know what they are called though}

by Anonymous 13 years ago