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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Scott,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks for your great list on expressions from sports.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The ones with “instinct” catch
what is expressed by “Ball<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>gefüh</span></i>l</b>”. You have it or you don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As you mentioned “killer instinct”
and “quick on the draw”, here is a funny story from the Wild West:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The old West was a place of sudden violence, where the strong
conquered: and to be strong generally meant to be quick and sure with a six
gun. Accordingly, the men of the West developed great respect for swiftness of
the gun hand. They also possessed an extremely realistic attitude toward death.
That final shuffling off of the coils was altogether too present in the
cowboy’s existence to grieve long about. It had to be accepted as
philosophically as it was possible to do so, in the attitude, that the inevitable
merely came sooner than it might have. A cowboy who had lost out in a gunfight
was being buried by his friends. As the sod was heaved upon his box, someone
“sorta felt a few words orter be said.” A Church of England prayer
book was produced by a rancher’s wife, and someone read out the verse
about the “quick and the dead.” As he turned sadly from the grave,
one puncher shook his head to another. "Ol’ Bill wasn’t very
quick,” he observed, “but he sure is dead.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I like your new coinage “Sprachgefühling.” </span></font><font
face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Fritz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi, people: Speaking of sports-related sprachgefühl,
I thought I'd add my two sense.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The following idioms/expressions are from my db of
field-specific idioms. They represent some, but perhaps not all, of the
possibilities of expressing sports superiority, and some are indeed not true
idioms. I wrote before about the difficulty in classifying a particular idiom
(non-literal) from a simpe expression or saying (literal). All that can be
said is that idioms are a special type of expression/saying (a technical and
immaterial difference to native-English speakers). The purpose here is to
simply demonstrate the varieties of grammar and stylistics that American
English speakers use to express `athletic prowess', with the current thread
geared toward sprachgefühl, and athleticism/<wbr>sports being the field used
to illustrate the concept. <br>
The change in prepositions, noun numbers, auxilliaries are examples of the
difficulty of mastering (sprachgefühl)<wbr>, English or, any language for
that matter (e.g. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>have an instinct <u>for</u></span></i>...something;
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>play <u>by</u> instinct; play</span></i>
golf <i><u><span style='font-style:italic'>with</span></u></i> (or <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>by</span></i>) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>his
instinct<u>s</u> || quick <u>on</u> the draw</span></i>/<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>quickest <u>to</u> the draw/sometimes `quickest <u>on</u>
the draw' || He <u>could</u> (<u>can</u> do something) <u>with one hand (arm)
</u>tied behind his back.; He <u>could</u> (<u>can</u> </span></i>do
something<i><span style='font-style:italic'>) <u>with both hands </u>tied
behind his back.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I broke my list down into four categories:<br>
</span></font><b><u><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:
bold'><br>
SKILLS (based on experience)</span></font><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Natural ABILITY (genetic)<br>
PERFORMANCE & ACHEIVEMENT (demonstrated)<br>
Instinctive Athletic MOTIVATION/DESIRE<br>
ENTERTAINMENT Value (Popularity-<wbr>Based)</span></font></u></b> <b><u><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
1) Skills (based on experience)</span></font><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(<i><span style='font-style:italic'>have</span></i>)
(good) ball <i><span style='font-style:italic'>sense/skill</span></i><br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>have</span></i> (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>get/develop</span></i>) <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>a feel for</span></i> (something -- eg. kicking a soccer ball early
in life.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has</span></i>
kicking field goals (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>it</span></i>/something)
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>down to a science</span></i>. <br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Look ma, No hands!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
He really <i><span style='font-style:italic'>stays on the ball</span></i>. <br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>plays</span></i> (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>works/calculates</span></i>) (all) <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>the angles</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Practice makes perfect.</span></font></i>
<br>
<br>
His <i><span style='font-style:italic'>eye is trained</span></i> (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>for</span></i> something) <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>(to</span></i> do something).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has a trained
eye</span></i> (for something) (to do something).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><b><u><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:
bold'>2) Natural ability (genetics)</span></font></u></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>athletically inclined</span></i>.<br>
<br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a diamond in the rough</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has a <u>nice </u>touch</span></i>
(on the green/bunting/<wbr>at the net, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(he has) a <i><u><span style='font-style:italic'>soft</span></u>
touch<o:p></o:p></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(he has) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a <u>light
</u>touch<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(he has) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a/the <u>golden
touch</u></span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(he has) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a (<u>good</u>)
touch</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(he has) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>the <u>magic</u>
touch</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He still <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has his
touch</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He still <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has the
(old) touch</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>not
lost his touch</span></i>. <br>
<br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>light-handed</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>He plays by instinct</span></font></i>.
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>goes with his instinct</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>plays by his
instinct/instincts<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>plays by his
guts</span></i>. <br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has razor-sharp eyesight</span></i>.<br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has reflexes like a cat</span></i>. (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>cat-like reflexes</span></i>) <br>
<br>
It’s his <i><span style='font-style:italic'>strong suit</span></i>. <br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>a born athlete <br>
born to be an athlete<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>a natural athlete<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>a born winner<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>He takes to sports. <br>
He takes to</span></font></i> swimming (tennis, etc.) <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>like a duck takes to water</span></i>.<br>
<br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>quick on the draw</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>quickest
to the draw</span></i>. <br>
<br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>the go-to guy (gal).<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>the go-to person</span></font></i>
<br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>You can't beat a man at his own game.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><b><u><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>3)
Performance &Acheivement (demonstrated)</span></font></u></b><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>(an) all-American <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>an all-star</span></font></i>
(center/first baseman, etc.) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He's <i><span style='font-style:italic'>all-pro</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>an all-pro</span></font></i>
football player (/basketball player, etc.) <br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>No one can touch him. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>You can't touch him.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>He plays in a league of his own.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>He's in his own league. <br>
He plays in a different league.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>a (very) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>hard act
to follow<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>a tough act to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>a difficult act to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>a heavy hitter<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>a long-ball hitter</span></font></i>
<br>
<br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>the odds-on favorite.</span></i>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>won against all odds</span></i>. <br>
<br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>can run circles around</span></i>
(someone).<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a
triple threat</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>at the peak of</span></font></i>
(one's <i><span style='font-style:italic'>game/performance</span></i>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>at/reach one's peak<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>He can do it</span></font></i> (do
something) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>blindfolded</span></i>. <br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>It ain't braggin' if you kin do it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>have (win/maintain/<wbr>claim/retain)
bragging rights<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>He knows how to get it (things)
done.</span></font></i><br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>He can (do something) standing on his
head.</span></i><br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>took top honors</span></i>. <br>
<br>
Pro-bowlers are <i><span style='font-style:italic'>the best of the best.</span></i>
<br>
<br>
They <i><span style='font-style:italic'>brought in the heavy hitters.<br>
</span></i><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>He could (do something) with one hand
(arm) tied behind his back.<br>
He could (do something) with both hands tied behind his back.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>with one arm tied behind one's
back;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>could do something with one hand
tied behind one's back;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>could (can)
(do something) with his eyes closed.</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>can (do
something) with the best of them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><b><u><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:
bold'>4) Instinctive Motivation/Desire</span></font><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>go/went for the jugular<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>have a taste for the jugular<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>have an instinct for the jugular</span></font></i>
<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>has a killer
instinct</span></i>.<br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>plays with reckless abandon</span></i>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><b><u><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:
bold'>5) Entertainment Value</span></font></u></b> <br>
<br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>larger than life</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>can bring the crowd to its feet</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>draws a crowd</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>can (really)
draw a crowd</span></i>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>know how to draw a crowd</span></font></i><br>
He’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a crowd pleaser</span></i>. <br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>pleases the crowd</span></i>. <br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>plays to the crowd</span></i>. <br>
<br>
He <i><span style='font-style:italic'>can silence a crowd with his play</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi, Rudy, et al.<br>
--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Mon, 2/23/09, rtroike@email.<wbr>arizona.edu
<i><span style='font-style:italic'><rtroike@email.<wbr>arizona.edu></span></i></span></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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From: rtroike@email.<wbr>arizona.edu <rtroike@email.<wbr>arizona.edu><br>
Subject: [Lexicog] Re: Sprachgefühl<br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lexicographylist@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1:PersonName><br>
Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 1:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
Howdy, all,<br>
<br>
My understanding of 'Sprachgefühl' (although it may have traditionally<br>
been applied philologically to puristic or artistic aspects) has always been<br>
that it is essentially what Chomsky originally had in mind in invoking<br>
'linguistic intuition' as the source of judgments of grammaticality,<br>
including such issues as whether 'bnick' or 'tlot' is a possible word of<br>
English. But as suggested in other posts, it can certainly extend to other<br>
areas of contextual, stylistic, gender (in the sociological sense), age, and<br>
regional appropriateness ('felicity', to use <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Austin</st1:place></st1:City>'s term).<br>
<br>
Rudy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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