@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoIntroverts use more concrete language than extraverts | BPSwww.bps.org.ukexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down122
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink31•2 months agoFirst 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•2 months agoCorrect. But extrOvert makes no sense, etymologically (latin). The dictionaries accept it, but I (jokingly) don’t.
minus-squareBalderlinkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-22 months agoCurious, because in Portuguese it’s “extrOvertido.” But I just learned the Spanish spelling can be both “extravertido” and “extrovertido.”
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.
Correct. But extrOvert makes no sense, etymologically (latin). The dictionaries accept it, but I (jokingly) don’t.
Curious, because in Portuguese it’s “extrOvertido.” But I just learned the Spanish spelling can be both “extravertido” and “extrovertido.”