Word: er
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Steers. During his 24 hours in Springfield and environs, he caused little stir, was not asked for a single autograph. At the reconstructed Lincoln village at New Salem, the head guide asked politely: "And where are you a Senator from, Mr.-er-Barkley, wasn...
...modistes, having no urge toward martyrdom, prudently removed all bare midriff garments from their display windows. "I have two-piece suits for anybody who asks for them," said matronly Teresa Spizzichino. "They're made so as to hold any bosom tightly and cover both navel and-er-lower hind parts." Just the same, she admitted, the one-piece variety might be better. "Eventually the ladies will take to them, not because they like them better, but simply because no woman wants to run unnecessary risks. Getting into trouble with the police may have very unpleasant consequences, since most...
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...other authentic representative of Greenpoint referred to the section as Green-pernt [TIME, June 21]. I knew McGuinness well . . . and I never once heard him or anyone else from Greenpoint mispronounce the section's name. . .It is perfectly true that New Yorkers often render "oi" as "er," and vice versa, but I can swear under oath that Greenpoint is called Greenpernt only by people from Coney Island, Croton-on-Hudson and Beverly Hills...
Deutsch jigs, gavottes and polkas were interspersed with impromptu soft-shoe routines by extroverted dancers. "Well er I mean, it sure was different," sighed Elizabeth Wood, a striking coed from Kansas...