The differences make sense in terms of what we know about social behaviour and the introvert-extravert personality dimension.
  • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
    31·
    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
      141·
      6 months ago

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

      • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        6 months ago

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