sic semper tyrannis

[ seek -sem-per ty-rahn-nis; English sik -sem-per ti-ran-is ]

/ sik ˈsɛm pɛr tüˈrɑn nɪs; English sɪk ˈsɛm pər tɪˈræn ɪs /

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thus always to tyrants: motto of Virginia.

QUIZZES

Set some time apart to test your bracket symbol knowledge, and see if you can keep your parentheses, squares, curlies, and angles all straight!

Question 1 of 7

Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

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Then Pascal responds (in all caps) with, “BUT WE DIDNT WIN A D [sic] YOU KNOW HIM.”
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De vno Deo & bonorum retributione docti sunt aliqua, sed qu se ipsi semper ita audiuisse & credidisse profiteantur.
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Et astiterunt frequenter Barbari magno semper silentio ac reuerenti.
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Nam neque id diu fuit, & semper altero decumbente, alter stetit.
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Title—And next folowyng begynnith an amerowse compleynte made at wyndesore in the laste May tofore Novembre (sic).
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Mists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.
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