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Re: [Doepfer_a100] (A-109) -> Improvement of my english ;-)

2005-04-07 by Florian Anwander

Hello John

>>The A-130 resp. A-131
> Somewhat off topic - but what does "resp." mean in this context?   It's
> used throughout the English translation of the .pdf manuals.   Probably a
> goofy question - but I've been curious about it.
Sorry, this is a "germanism". I looked up dict.leo.org and found that I 
should have written: "A-130 and A-131 respectively". In German you do 
not say "X and Y respectively", but simply "X respektive Y".

Could I say "X or rather Y" ?

Florian

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