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Gaulish people spoke Brock (meaning pants)? Roman’s used that words since they didn’t have a word for it. Then called jockstraps (susp) «brockets». Henry the sixth was famous for his, hmm, large «brocket»? One day a guy saw a beam and though, LOL «big brocket»🤪 And in a letter, illiterate John Smith (Pocahontas), wrote «brAckets», which is why «[ ]» these are called brackets? Henry and his groin damn