We need a bracket!

[Bugbear]

Those are parentheses, not brackets.
I hate myself for bringing it up, though...

[Paul Henry]

Those are parentheses, not brackets.
I hate myself for bringing it up, though...

in the UK they are indeed brackets, although we might know what parentheses are, but unlikely to use that word in general conversation

[Bugbear]

in the UK they are indeed brackets, although we might know what parentheses are, but unlikely to use that word in general conversation

Hmmm, didn't know that.

On my keyboard, what I am calling parentheses, are the shift of 9 and 0 making the symbols (). [ and ], next to the letter "p," are the symbols we seem to call brackets over here. There are also left and right braces, {} which are the shift of the brackets.

The brackets, as we call them here, are used for the VB code, and some of the CSS code for style sheets used with HTML.
There is also the < and > symbols, which I've heard called brackets of some sort, but they are the main thingies used in HTML.

Like I said, I hate myself for bringing it up.

[Paul Henry]

Hmmm, didn't know that.

On my keyboard, what I am calling parentheses, are the shift of 9 and 0 making the symbols (). [ and ], next to the letter "p," are the symbols we seem to call brackets over here. There are also left and right braces, {} which are the shift of the brackets.

The brackets, as we call them here, are used for the VB code, and some of the CSS code for style sheets used with HTML.
There is also the < and > symbols, which I've heard called brackets of some sort, but they are the main thingies used in HTML.

Like I said, I hate myself for bringing it up.

over here

( ) are brackets [ ] are square brackets { } are curly brackets

and yes there are the < > things as well ,possibly chevron brackets, not sure!