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April 14th, 2007, 09:09 PM
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Dutch help, please...
What is the meaning of the word "particulieren" in the context of the
phrase "particulieren boekenmarkt"? I know that "boekenmarkt" means "book market", or "book fair" as we would say in English. But Babelfish translates "particulieren" as "individuals", leaving me none the wiser as to the distinction the phrase is drawing (retail as opposed to wholesale, maybe?), and I'm not sure where my Dutch dictionary is! TVMIA... 
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April 14th, 2007, 09:12 PM
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Dutch help, please...
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April 14th, 2007, 09:17 PM
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What is the meaning of the word "particulieren" in the context of the phrase "particulieren boekenmarkt"? http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Y. -- Yitzhak Isaac Goldstein AADP's 'left-wing Jewish intellectual' '**** me, it's a torment to live amongst the nations' http://www.chez.com/desmondcoughlan/
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April 14th, 2007, 09:40 PM
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On Apr 14, 9:17 pm, (Yitzhak Isaac Goldstein) wrote:
wrote: What is the meaning of the word "particulieren" in the context of the phrase "particulieren boekenmarkt"? http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Thanks for the suggestion, but Babelfish wasn't very elucidatory, which was why I asked here.
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April 14th, 2007, 09:41 PM
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On Apr 14, 9:12 pm, Erick T. Barkhuis -o-m
wrote: : What is the meaning of the word "particulieren" in the context of the phrase "particulieren boekenmarkt"? For private customers (and personal use), no wholesale. That was quick! Thanks.
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April 15th, 2007, 10:09 AM
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Dutch help, please...
I would read it as ordinary people selling off their own books rather
than professional booksellers or publishers offloading remainders. PJW On 14 Apr 2007 13:09:24 -0700, " wrote: What is the meaning of the word "particulieren" in the context of the phrase "particulieren boekenmarkt"? I know that "boekenmarkt" means "book market", or "book fair" as we would say in English. But Babelfish translates "particulieren" as "individuals", leaving me none the wiser as to the distinction the phrase is drawing (retail as opposed to wholesale, maybe?), and I'm not sure where my Dutch dictionary is! TVMIA...
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