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Has been mentioned a few times in passing on HN: 6 years ago here: “Ruby and The Principle of Unwelcome Surprise” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3087823#3
by igravious 9y ago
Has been mentioned a few times in passing on HN: 6 years ago here: “Ruby and The Principle of Unwelcome Surprise” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3087823#3087918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3087823#3087918 and 5 years ago here: “The Pronunciation of Django” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4976551#4976962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4976551#4976962 and here: “Nomadic programming” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821753#4822701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821753#4822701
As someone says on Wordnik: https://www.wordnik.com/words/Sprachgefühl https://www.wordnik.com/words/Sprachgefühl
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Sprachgefühl has arguably been brought to light by David Foster Wallace's "snoot" acronym, which stands for either "Sprachgefühl Necessitates Our Ongoing Tendance" or "Syntax Nudniks of Our Time."
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It's relatively uncommon/obscure linguistic jargon that has seen its currency appreciate in recent years owing to DFW worship.