The differences make sense in terms of what we know about social behaviour and the introvert-extravert personality dimension.
  • Plopp@lemmy.world
    123·
    6 months ago

    I get so much satisfaction whenever I see extravert spelled correctly, which is very rare these days.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
      24·
      6 months ago

      First I wondered if the post had it spelled incorrectly.

      Then you had me wondering if I’ve been spelling it incorrectly this whole time.

      Turns out extravert and extrovert are both acceptable spellings but extravert did come first.

      • Plopp@lemmy.world
        101·
        6 months ago

        Correct. But extrOvert makes no sense, etymologically (latin). The dictionaries accept it, but I (jokingly) don’t.

        • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          6 months ago

          Curious, because in Portuguese it’s “extrOvertido.” But I just learned the Spanish spelling can be both “extravertido” and “extrovertido.”