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Old 10 March 2006, 10:07 AM
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Curly brackets - pah - we've come up with;

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Old 10 March 2006, 10:11 AM
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They are also known as 'braces' in computing circles!
Old 10 March 2006, 11:15 AM
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Whats wrong with "curly brackets" - thats how I know them.
Old 10 March 2006, 01:49 PM
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: = double dot, according to someone in my office
Old 10 March 2006, 02:35 PM
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We had the same situation here with the colon.
Somebody was dictating to the secretary and said double dot.
I made sure that everybody in the office started to ridicule him.

I sometimes think it would be kinder NOT to educate the lower classes.
Old 10 March 2006, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by speedking
: = double dot, according to someone in my office
In German it is doppelpunkt. So double point. don't think the Germans have a word for dot

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get out more you lot
Old 10 March 2006, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
get out more you lot
Just what I thought




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