The question is appropriately begged, and the answer is simple - by the time I was able to read an encyclopedia article or a dictionary entry, I had also learned how to navigate within a dictionary; viz, the pronunciation of a word is typically given within the definition. One simply looks at the bottom of the page for instructions in how to interpret the various enigmatic (for the first few times seen) symbols that are used in phonetically spelling the pronunciation of a word. After having learned how to spell three or four other words beginning with "psy", I remembered that particular rule exception. I don't remember how I learned how to pronounce or spell knowledge. One possible way was that I also did a lot of dictionary and encyclopedia reading on my own well before my dad began telling me during dinner to do a bit more. I probably had already seen "knowledge" and stood aghast at its phonetic spelling. That shock and horror helped me remember how to spell it. I w! as a school champion in the seventh grade, at age 12. Also, in cases where I couldn't find the needed word in the dictionary because of some bizarre spelling quirk, I would ask my dad for help in spelling, and he always spelled the word for me. He just refused to tell me what I could read for myself in the dictionary.
Bill Fairchild Rocket Software -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 2:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What data area contains number of CPU running on a processor On 10/6/2010 11:06 AM, Bill Fairchild wrote: > When I was very young, sometimes during dinner my mom or dad > would use a word that I didn't understand. When I would ask > what it meant, my dad would invariably say "You know how to > spell. You know how to read. Look it up in the dictionary > or encyclopedia." I always did just that, and today I am > still an insatiable knowledge junkie. Which begs the question of how you found knowledge or psychology, among others. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
