▲ 1238 ▼ Extroverted? STFU (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 weeks ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Primor@lemmy.world -5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children) The spelling is extraverts. Please permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Not really. We’ve checked six standard dictionaries and all of them list “extrovert” as the principal spelling for someone with an outgoing or gregarious personality, though five include “extravert” as an acceptable variant. per Grammarphobia Extravert, on the other hand, is another way of saying extrovert that was originally used by Carl Jung. [...] it appears the most common and proper way to use the term outside of technical journals is with the "o," though who knows; maybe this will develop into an Oxford comma situation. per Writer's Digest extravert noun /ˈekstrəvɜːt/ /ˈekstrəvɜːrt/ (also more frequent extrovert) Per Oxford Learner's Dictionaries permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago Extraverts are extroverts that are too extra. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Primor@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago Thank you for your research. TIL. Language evolves. It's my understanding that the original spelling came from intro (inside) and extra (outside). But that's not a rabbit hole I want to dive in now. (I'll still read introvert with an a in my head. Too old/stubborn to change that ;)) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Not really. We’ve checked six standard dictionaries and all of them list “extrovert” as the principal spelling for someone with an outgoing or gregarious personality, though five include “extravert” as an acceptable variant. per Grammarphobia Extravert, on the other hand, is another way of saying extrovert that was originally used by Carl Jung. [...] it appears the most common and proper way to use the term outside of technical journals is with the "o," though who knows; maybe this will develop into an Oxford comma situation. per Writer's Digest extravert noun /ˈekstrəvɜːt/ /ˈekstrəvɜːrt/ (also more frequent extrovert) Per Oxford Learner's Dictionaries permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago Extraverts are extroverts that are too extra. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Primor@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago Thank you for your research. TIL. Language evolves. It's my understanding that the original spelling came from intro (inside) and extra (outside). But that's not a rabbit hole I want to dive in now. (I'll still read introvert with an a in my head. Too old/stubborn to change that ;)) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago Extraverts are extroverts that are too extra. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Primor@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago Thank you for your research. TIL. Language evolves. It's my understanding that the original spelling came from intro (inside) and extra (outside). But that's not a rabbit hole I want to dive in now. (I'll still read introvert with an a in my head. Too old/stubborn to change that ;)) permalink fedilink source parent