[Lexicog] Sprachgefuhl

[Richard Rhodes]

Fritz,
	If memory serves, Ken Pike continued 
playing volleyball well into his seventies.

Rich Rhodes


>Thanks, Rich,
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>I like that: "game sense" and "ball sense."
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>I'll see what kind sense I'll have when I play 
>beach volleyball this week for the first time in 
>my life at an age over 60.
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>Fritz
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>People say "game sense" (49 million hits on 
>google). And "ball sense" (13 million hits). And 
>there are plenty of less than professional 
>quality ball players who have good ball sense 
>and good game sense.
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>But ball sense doesn't really apply to golf. It 
>means the player knows were the ball is going to 
>be and so reacts appropriately, so it applies to 
>games in which the player must react to the path 
>of ball (soccer, American football, basketball, 
>baseball, tennis, field hockey, etc.). 
>(Interestingly, I had never heard "puck sense" 
>for ice hockey, but it gets a million hits on 
>google and the definition matches "ball sense".)
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>Game sense is about understanding the flow of 
>the game, and again is mostly about tactics and 
>players' ability to solve tactical problems. 
>Doesn't really apply to golf. It even seems odd 
>to me for tennis.
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>Rich Rhodes
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>>Scott,
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>>I wonder how you define "Sprachgefühl." That 
>>would help me to answer your question.
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>>I also wonder why certain words are borrowed 
>>from other languages. English has not
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>>borrowed "Ballgefühl" which exceptional players 
>>of games have where a ball plays a role
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>>(Diego Maradona, Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal). 
>>How would one say "Ballgefühl" in English?
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>>Fritz Goerling
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>>Is this the wrong list to ask whether, in your opinion or research,
>>Sprachgefuhl varies most by class, region, or level of education?
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>>Scott Catledge
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