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

2005-04-07 by Bakis Sirros

hello florian,
thanks for the explanation. i had this question for
many years! now i understand why i never figured out
what the "X resp. Y" meant.
bakis.






--- Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@consol.de>
wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Bakis Siros
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