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HTML

<div id=subNav><a href="/produkt" class="menuTabs">My Catalog 1 <span>(23752)</span></a><div><p class=disp></p>

JavaScript

$('a.menuTabs', '#subNav').mouseover(function (e) {
    if (e.target != this){
        $('.disp').text('s');
        return;
    }
    $('.disp').text('a');
});