Borges
[ bawr-hes ]
/ ˈbɔr hɛs /
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noun
Jor·ge Luis [hawr-he lwees], /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/, 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.
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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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Borges
/ (Spanish ˈborxes) /
noun
Jorge Luis (ˈxorxe lwis). 1899–1986, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and literary scholar. The short stories collected in Ficciones (1944) he described as "games with infinity"
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