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Mar 17, 2009 19:51
15 yrs ago
German term

M O F E

German to English Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Abbreviations in footer - Switzerland
In the footer of a letter from Switzerland are telephone numbers, a fax number, and an email address. The abbreviations in front of what look like telephone numbers are "M" and "O". "F" I know stands for "fax". And the "E" stands for "email". So what are the "M" and the "O"? They both look like telephone numbers.
Proposed translations (English)
1 +4 Mobile (or Mobil), Office
Change log

Mar 17, 2009 20:02: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Business/Commerce (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Helen Shiner

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Discussion

Steffen Walter Mar 18, 2009:
Nice addition, Andrew :-) ... but I thought I'd use "cellphone" since Dawn is based in the US.
Lancashireman Mar 18, 2009:
Cell phones (sic) Hi Steffen. In the UK, ‘cell phones’ are used by convicted drug dealers to carry on their nefarious trade from behind bars. The prison authorities confiscate them whenever they are discovered.
Dawn Montague (asker) Mar 17, 2009:
M is probably Mobile Yes, the M number has a different prefix from the O and F numbers. Thank you!
Ingeborg Gowans (X) Mar 17, 2009:
mit Steffen das würde hier Sinn ergeben. Mobil und Ortsnetz
Ingeborg Gowans (X) Mar 17, 2009:
könnte das für mobile stehen? mobile?Bin nicht sicher, daher nicht als antwort eingestellt
Steffen Walter Mar 17, 2009:
Mobil and Fest-/Ortsnetz? Could M be a cellphone no. and O a landline/fixed line no.? What do the numbers look like? Does one of them include a prefix typical of a mobile network?

Proposed translations

+4
16 mins
Selected

Mobile (or Mobil), Office

Just a suggestion, I know the Swiss sometimes use Mobile (or Mobil) for mobile telephone numbers, in place of the German "Handy".
Peer comment(s):
agree Steffen Walter : Good idea.
0 min
agree Jochen König : Good idea indeed, should be M for Mobil(telefon) and O for Ortsnetz
3 mins
Good idea, O is probably for Ortsnetz rather than Office
agree Ingrid Moore : Definitely with Jochen!
47 mins
agree Jutta Wappel : Good thinking Jochen!
12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone!"
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