I'ou

I'ou is an informal name for a dialect discovered by Breiten Sundra. It was discovered on July 26, 2019 when Breiten misspelled "you" in a message to Leo! and decided he "might start spelling I'ou like that." In the i'ou dialect, all instances of the letter "y" are replaced with "i", offset from surrounding letters with apostrophes.

The principles of i'ou have extended to other letters/words. See i'ou#Other Apostrophizations

It combined with Ororor later in 2019 to create I'ororor.

Regular Users

 * Breiten Sundra
 * Max Rosenberg (and Haverford Hoonhunters)

Other Apostrophizations
Over time, the principles behind i'ou have been applied memetically to other words and letter arrangements, even far outside the original scope of i'ou. These are used by the normal users of i'ou as well as Leo!. "h," "nt," and vowels are more likely to be apostrophized than other letters/combinations. Spaces may also be deleted.

Notable Examples:

 * bruhm'oment
 * f'ortnitem'oment
 * 𝕳𝖔𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓'

Criticism
Ford Heilman has dismissed Breiten's constructed languages as unfunny impediments to communication.

Leo! described Breiten as a "dumbass" after he used i'ou for the first time.