Funny you should mention "island"--that's one I learned from video games, actually. I was very small when I started playing Super Mario World, and in charge of reading the text to my smaller siblings. Mom happened to walk by just as I authoritatively read, "Yoshi's Is-land," and she explained to me that it was "island," which is spelled funny.
I took a college freshman seminar on science fiction once, and we spent the first week on the subject of How To Pick Up What A Sci-Fi Word Means Using Contextual clues. I was surprised that this needed explaining, but then I treat sci-fi words like any word I don't understand--and it's something that doesn't even happen consciously at this point.
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Date: 2010-01-09 09:01 pm (UTC)I took a college freshman seminar on science fiction once, and we spent the first week on the subject of How To Pick Up What A Sci-Fi Word Means Using Contextual clues. I was surprised that this needed explaining, but then I treat sci-fi words like any word I don't understand--and it's something that doesn't even happen consciously at this point.