e/Who's On First

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has gloss	eng: Whos on First? is a vaudeville comedy routine made most famous by Abbott and Costello. In Abbott and Costellos version, the premise of the routine is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team to Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costellos questions. In this context, the first baseman is named "Who"; thus, the utterance "Whos on first" is ambiguous between the question ("which person is the first baseman?") and the answer ("The name of the first baseman is Who").
lexicalization	eng: Who's On First?
lexicalization	eng: Who's On First
instance of	c/Comedy sketches

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Who’s on First? (dt.: „Wer steht auf der ersten [Base]?“ / „Who steht auf der ersten [Base]?“) ist ein berühmter Baseball-Sketch des US-amerikanischen Komikerpaares Abbott und Costello aus dem Jahr 1938. Der Sketch wurde vom Time-Magazin im Jahr 1999 als bester Sketch des 20. Jahrhunderts ausgezeichnet.
lexicalization	deu: Who’s on First?
French
has gloss	fra: Who's on First? est un sketch humoristique sur le baseball rendu populaire par le duo Abbott-Costello (1938), et fut désigné par le magazine Time comme le meilleur sketch du .
lexicalization	fra: Who's on First?
Norwegian
has gloss	nor: Who's on First? («Hvem er på første?») er en sketsj gjort berømt av Abbott og Costello. Rutinens premiss er at Abbott identifiserer spillerne på et baseball-lag til Costello, men navnene og kallenavnene deres kan bli tolket som intetsigende svar til Costellos spørsmål.
lexicalization	nor: Who's on First?

Media
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