fun pali prefixes: su, du, so, do

Example of prefixes 'su' and 'du':

sukha = pleasure

dukkha = pain & suffering

Example of prefixes 'so' and 'do':

so-manassa = pleasant mental state

do-manassa = distressed mental state

Homer knows all about "Doh!"-manassa

Doh! Oxford Dictionary Takes Homer Simpson

from abc news:

June 14, 2001 -- The venerable 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains about 700,000 words, but the editors recently realized they were missing one: Doh!

The cartoon character Homer Simpson's forehead-smacking lament is one of some 250 entries being added today to the dictionary, which is widely considered the leading authority on the English language.

Common Indo Euro origin

I didn't do any research on that assertion, that's just a conclusion from seeing the pattern of contrasting 'du' and 'su', 'do' and 'so' in so many pali passages.

Think of all the English words with positive connotations with prefix 'su':

superb

super

superlative

pali:

su-bhasita : well spoken

subha: beautiful

su-vaco: takes criticism well.

And all the English words with negative connotation with prefix 'dis':

disease

disjointed

disrespected

"He dissed me, so I put a cap in his ass."

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