Word: erster
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...usage. One, in fact, deals with nothing else: Das Grosse Anrede Buck-the giant book of proper addresses-which lists about 1,500 of the most important titles and explains in detail which ones take precedence over others. Often, the lower the title, the greater its length. The winner: Erster Hauptwachtmeister im Strafvollzugsdienst, which denotes the post of first watchman in the penal system...
Each contestant will read a short speech containing key words: oyster, oil, saw, idea, Long Island. Presumably, the girl who most consistently approximates erster, erl, sawr, idear and lonGUYland will be the winner...
Archie is a lean, mischievous, battered six-footer named Ed Gardner, who declares : "Your true New York mug doesn't say toity-toid or erl. He's about halfway between oyster and erster." Gardner's in dignities are delivered with a kazoo-voiced good nature which keeps everybody happy, including his victims. Three writers turn out the original script, but the final version is practically all Gardner ("The boys do a rough draft and I tear it down"). The result is grade-A American foolery...
...Grosse Sinfonie, geshrieben fur die Philharmonische Gesellschaft in London, Von Ludwig Van Beethoven. Erster Satz...
...Wartesalon erster Klasse," Hugo Muller...