What a wonderful word! I doubt I'll remember it if I ever have occasion to use it, partly because using it in most contexts (this being a rare exception) would violate my sprachgefühl. I imagine I may recognize it should I encounter it again.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Today's word
sprachgefühl \SHPRAHKH-guh-fuel\ (sometimes capitalized - a la German) 1. the character of a language 2. an intuitive sense of what is linguistically appropriate
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