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@... >
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
>
>

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