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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Hi, welcome to b.s.t, and good luck with your sale. In 'strine(1), does off
> > mean quantity available, or does it mean something else?
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> I'm used to it meaning "each of" or "quantity of". I hear it rarely,
> but it floats around Canada among Older Folks(tm), so it's probably a
> British-derived thing...
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> KDJ
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> Kyle D. Jackson, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, LUGNETer #203
Kyle
Sorry to cause you so much confusion I come from a engineering background and
"off" means quantity in the parts area.Thanks also to Larry for his
interpretation.
Peter
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| (...) I'm used to it meaning "each of" or "quantity of". I hear it rarely, but it floats around Canada among Older Folks(tm), so it's probably a British-derived thing... KDJ ___...___ Kyle D. Jackson, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, LUGNETer #203 (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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