A.Word.A.Day--sprachgefuhl (fwd)

Subject: A.Word.A.Day--sprachgefuhl (fwd)
From: "Matthew B. Hicks" <matt -at- UNIDATA -dot- UCAR -dot- EDU>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:59:43 -0700

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:26:29 -0500
From: Wordsmith <wsmith -at- wordsmith -dot- org>
To: linguaphile -at- wordsmith -dot- org
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--sprachgefuhl

sprach.ge.fuhl \'shpra:k-k*-.fu-e-l\ n [G, fr. sprache language + gefu:hl
feeling] 1: sensibility to conformance with or divergence from the
established usage of a language 2: a feeling for what is linguistically
effective or appropriate



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