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-A badge of [[Früheankunftfreude|honour]] amongst people of a certain disposition (“''[[haltenmusikopfer]]''”) — they who think [[the early bird gets the worm]], the first cut is the deepest and so on.
+A badge of [[Früheankunftfreude|honour]] amongst people of a certain disposition (“''[[warteschleifenmusikopfer]]''”) — they who think [[the early bird gets the worm]], the first cut is the deepest and so on.
-One can also draw xenophobic stereotypes over nations and their hold music. The Brits will prefer Elgar (though Europhiles might stretch to Vivaldi); the Luxembourgische a fluffy Straussian waltz; the Austrians a ''Scorpions'' greatest hits compilation, while German firms prefer a stern female voice intoning BITTE WARTEN. BITTE WARTEN.
+One can also draw xenophobic stereotypes over nations and their hold music. The Brits will prefer Elgar (though Europhiles might stretch to Vivaldi); the Luxembourgische a fluffy Straussian waltz; the Austrians a ''Scorpions'' greatest hits compilation, while German firms do have hold music (“[[warteschleifenmusik]]”) - usually Brahms or something like that — but prefer a stern female voice intoning “BITTE WARTEN. BITTE WARTEN.”
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 *[[Conference call]]