[Corpora-List] 'Standard European English' ?

[Briony Williams]

Somers, Harold wrote:
> Using "eventual(ly)" to mean "if it happens" rather than "final"

I believe this is from the German "eventuell".

> Using "resp." as an abbreviation to mean either "respectively"  or
> "and/or" (as in "tea resp. coffee"). 

I believe this is from the usage of the German "beziehungsweise".

> I look forward to seeing this list expanded and/or (or should I say
> resp.) answers to your other questions. 

More generally:

The use of the comma to indicate the decimal point, such as "3,142" instead 
of "3.142" (pi). This follows French and German usage.

The use of the period/full stop instead of the comma to indicate "thousands", 
such as 1.000 instead of 1,000 for "one thousand". Again, this follows French 
and German usage.

The combination of the above usages can be very confusing for a British person!

Best regards

Briony Williams