2954: Bracket Symbols - Revision history

2.98.65.8: /* Transcript */ Looks like a typo that someone's prone to make, looking at other redoing that was done. ;)

2025-10-09T18:29:01Z

‎Transcript: Looks like a typo that someone's prone to make, looking at other redoing that was done. ;)

Black Hat's Hat: Made the transcript a lot more clear

2025-10-09T13:44:11Z

Made the transcript a lot more clear

Hawthorn at 19:52, 22 August 2025

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Mathmaster at 22:34, 18 August 2025

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FaviFake at 11:09, 6 August 2025

2025-08-06T11:09:27Z

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Mathmaster: added one minor [top text]

2025-08-05T20:15:04Z

added one minor [top text]

92.23.2.228: /* Explanation */ They are different, at least to a computer.

2025-07-01T21:19:58Z

‎Explanation: They are different, at least to a computer.

Jkshapiro: /* Explanation */ Clean up explanation and remove alternation between singular and plural

2025-07-01T17:59:37Z

‎Explanation: Clean up explanation and remove alternation between singular and plural

172.70.160.197: Undo revision 375371 by 172.71.218.70 (talk) Just repetition of non-Transcript...?

2025-04-27T16:22:58Z

Undo revision 375371 by 172.71.218.70 (talk) Just repetition of non-Transcript...?

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172.71.218.70: /* Transcript */

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 :and what they mean
-[List of symbols and meanings split into two vertical colomns]
+[List of symbols and meanings split into two vertical columns]
-[Left Colomn Top]
+[Left Column Top]
 :[Symbol] ( ) [Meaning] Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside
@@ Line 139: / Line 139: @@
 :[Symbol] « » [Meaning] A French Animorph is talking
-[Left Colomn Bottom]
+[Left Column Bottom]
-[Right Colomn Top]
+[Right Column Top]
 :[Symbol] | | [Meaning] I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me
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 :[Symbol] | ⟩ [Meaning] Don't stop here--this is quantum country
-[Right Colomn Bottom]
+[Right Column Bottom]

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 ==Transcript==
-{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 [top text]
 :Bracket Symbols
 :and what they mean
-[list of items listed vertically but with two columns]
+[List of symbols and meanings split into two vertical colomns]
 :( ) Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside
-:[ ] Square brackets (more secure)
+:[Symbol] " " [Meaning] Someone is talking
-:{ } This stuff is expensive so be careful with it
+:[Symbol] ' ' [Meaning] Someone British is talking
-:" " Someone is talking
+:[Symbol] ‹ › [Meaning] An Animorph is talking
-:' ' Someone British is talking
+:[Symbol] « » [Meaning] A French Animorph is talking
-:‹ › An Animorph is talking
+[Left Colomn Bottom]
-:« » A French Animorph is talking
+[Right Colomn Top]
-[first column ends]
+:[Symbol] | | [Meaning] I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me
-:| | I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me
+:[Symbol] <nowiki>*</nowiki> * _ _ / / [Meaning] I have a favorite monospaced font
-:<nowiki>*</nowiki> * _ _ / / I have a favorite monospaced font
+:[Symbol] ~ ~ [Meaning] I'm being sarcastic and I had a Tumblr account in 2014
-:~ ~ I'm being sarcastic and I had a Tumblr account in 2014
+:[Symbol] [ ( [ { ( ) } ] , ) ] [Meaning] These Python functions are '''''not''''' getting along
-:[ ( [ { ( ) } ] , ) ] These Python functions are '''''not''''' getting along
+:[Symbol] ⌊ ⌋ [Meaning] Help, I'm a mathematician trying to work with actual numbers and they're scary
-:⌊ ⌋ Help, I'm a mathematician trying to work with actual numbers and they're scary
+:[Symbol] ⎰⎱ [Meaning] Why are you trying to read my violin?
-:ʃ ʅ Why are you trying to read my violin?
+:[Symbol] | ⟩ [Meaning] Don't stop here--this is quantum country
-:| ⟩ Don't stop here--this is quantum country
+[Right Colomn Bottom]

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 |Don't stop here–this is quantum country
 |This  {{w|Bra–ket notation|notation is used in quantum mechanics}} to notate a vector. This is called a ket, and the mirrored sign <nowiki>⟨|</nowiki> is called a bra. Combining them as bra-ket gives the inner product <nowiki>⟨|⟩</nowiki>.
-| This is paraphrasing the movie ''{{w|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas}}'', where {{w|Johnny Depp}}'s character Raoul Duke says "We can't stop here, this is bat country!" while hallucinating violently on drugs, though not as violently as later in the movie.
+| This is paraphrasing the movie ''{{w|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas}}'', where {{w|Johnny Depp}}'s character Raoul Duke says "We can't stop here, this is bat country!" while hallucinating violently on drugs, though not as violently as later in the movie. The parentheses also resemble a directional road sign, perhaps indicating the way out of "quantum country".
 |}
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 :and what they mean
-[list of items]
+[list of items listed vertically but with two columns]
 :( ) Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside
@@ Line 135: / Line 135: @@
 :« » A French Animorph is talking
 :| | I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me

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 ==Transcript==
 {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
+[top text]
 :Bracket Symbols
 :and what they mean
 :( ) Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside
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 :| ⟩ Don't stop here--this is quantum country
 {{comic discussion}}

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 |‹ ›
 |An Animorph is talking
-|{{w|Bracket#Angle_brackets|Angle brackets}}. Aside from telepathic speech in prose, it's often used in comics to indicate that a character is speaking a foreign language that has been translated for the reader's benefit – at least notionally. Angle brackets are heavily used in {{w|HTML}} as markup tags to define how the source of websites intends to convey various stylistic and/or semantic distinctions.
+|{{w|Bracket#Angle_brackets|Angle brackets}}. Aside from telepathic speech in prose, it's often used in comics to indicate that a character is speaking a foreign language that has been translated for the reader's benefit – at least notionally. A form of angle brackets (in reality, using the more available {{w|less-than sign}} and {{w|greater-than sign}}, i.e. <> rather than ‹›) are heavily used in {{w|HTML}} to indicate markup tags that define how the source of websites intends to convey various stylistic and/or semantic distinctions.
 |Books like the series {{w|Animorphs}} or science fiction novels use these when a character is communicating nonverbally, for example via telepathy. In the ''Animorphs'' series, this is called [https://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Thought-speak thought-speak], or sometimes "thought speech".
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 |( )
 |Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside
-|The regular curved bracket is the most commonly used in literature, and typically denotes aside remarks that are relevant to, but not part of, a sentence (for example, a clarifying explanation). In stage plays, teleplays and screenplays, they can indicate stage directions. It is also frequently used in mathematical expressions and programming languages as a grouping operator, to force a particular order of evaluation.
+|Ordinary curved brackets, or parentheses, are the most commonly used in literature. They typically denote remarks that are relevant to, but not part of, a sentence (for example, a clarifying explanation). In stage plays, teleplays and screenplays, they can indicate stage directions. They are also frequently used in mathematical expressions and programming languages to force a particular order of evaluation.
 |Randall explains, accurately, that these are regular parentheses. No joke yet.
 |-