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 Parallel Worlds / Polariton Athens-Greece [Doepfer_a100] group owner http://www.shimarecords.co.uk http://www.ward12.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
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Re: [Doepfer_a100] (A-109) -> Improvement of my english ;-)
2005-04-07 by Bakis Sirros
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