8mm Forum: c.1940

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Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 05, 2019, 07:17 AM:

I came accross the abreviation c. followed by 1940 but I cannot find a "translation" of the c. I thought of 'circa" (latin for around) but I'm not sure at all, due to the sentence, that it's that. If someone could help [Big Grin]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on May 05, 2019, 10:29 AM:

Dominique
You are correct.
Circa, around or approximately.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 05, 2019, 10:57 AM:

Thanks, Maurice !

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on May 05, 2019, 11:16 AM:

I've just had another thought!
If the C is within a circle, and followed by a date, it could mean Copyright.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 05, 2019, 11:43 AM:

No, Maurice, the copyright symbol exists also in French (athough copyright is an English word). The sentence is : "Release 4513 coincides with the outbreak of the Second World War but the series continues up to the time production ceased c.1940 and also after post-war production resumed." I thought an actual precise date was known, hence the doubt I had with the word "circa".

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on May 05, 2019, 01:58 PM:

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…..production ceased c.1940...

Certainly agree with you on this example. Production ceased around 1940.

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