Friday, March 05, 2010

A Dysfunctional Spelling

Why isnt DYSFUNCTIONAL spelt DISFUNCTIONAL?
It breaks away from the normal rules of negated prefix 'dis'... like in DISlike, DIScomfort, DISobey, etc.

Doesn't it seem to be a pun on the very definition?
:)

2 comments:

murali said...

3 months break u come back with a
title on Dysfuntional :)

Akshat said...

Discomforting dyslexia? Here's a cure for you -

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Confusing+prefixes%3A+dis-+and+dys-&l=1