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Fritz, <div><br></div><div>I doubt there is an equivalent term for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; ">“Ballgefühl” <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">in English. One could say, "He has a feel for the ball" but that is not natural in sports talk or anywhere else. You might say "he's one in a million" or "exceptional" or "the all-time best player" or "the best in history."</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Other expressions like "he has a knack for the game" or "he is a natural" are not limited to exceptional players. </div><div><br></div><div>-Chaz</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Feb 22, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Fritz Goerling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width: 655px; position: relative; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 470px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; z-index: 1; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div class="Section1" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Scott,</span></font><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">I wonder how you define “Sprachgefühl.” That would help me to answer your question.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">I also wonder why certain words are borrowed from other languages. English has not<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">borrowed which exceptional players of games have where a ball plays a role<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">(Diego Maradona, Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal). How would one say “Ballgefühl” in English?<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">Fritz Goerling<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><p style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">Is this the wrong list to ask whether, in your opinion or research,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Sprachgefuhl varies most by class, region, or level of education?<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Scott Catledge<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><div width="1" style="color: white; clear: both; line-height: 1.22em; "></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div>
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