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You often get erudition in the letters to the Guardian's Football (soccer to you, Yanks) Daily. For example: "As a budding pedant, I was surprised to hear the commentator refer to an ‘instinctive’ save by the wonderfully brave, and talented Latvian goalkeeper. It was indeed a wonderful save but it wasn’t ‘instinctive’. It was reflexive. Animals have instincts, human have thought, intuition, feelings and reflexes."

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