[Lexicog] Sprachgefuhl

[Fritz Goerling]

Thanks, Rich,

 

I like that: “game sense” and “ball sense.”

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.

 

Fritz

 

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.

 

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".)

 

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.

 

Rich Rhodes

 

Scott,

 

I wonder how you define "Sprachgefühl." That would help me to answer your
question.

I also wonder why certain words are borrowed from other languages. English
has not

borrowed "Ballgefühl" which exceptional players of games have where a ball
plays a role

(Diego Maradona, Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal). How would one say "Ballgefühl"
in English?

 

Fritz Goerling

Is this the wrong list to ask whether, in your opinion or research,
Sprachgefuhl varies most by class, region, or level of education?

Scott Catledge

                

                                                                

 

 

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