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[sara farr]

I don't like to hear people say "improvver" or "improvved". Spell check doesn't like it either. I'm an imp or an improviser. When I do a show I perform or have performed improv. I will also say I improvise or improvised a show. There's lots of ways to talk about this already. Let's use those words, eh?

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

why y'all gots ta be censorin' me? dayum...

yes, there are plenty of other ways to phrase these terms. plenty of other accepted and acceptable words and abbreviations peppered through the English lexicon and beyond. my query, however, was less a request for correction of my diction and more an inquiry of those who DO utilize the aforementioned colloquialized parlance if they had ascertained a more elegant and visually appealing spelling of the word when translated through the written medium than the binary "v" option that I have opted to employ.

i reiterate...dayum.



(fun and games aside, this is evolving into an interesting discussion on the linguistic preferences of provvers...yeah, i know. deal with it. given our own proclivities for making things up and the fluid nature of language itself, I'm rather fascinated by the insistence on lexical precision. i think improv linguistics would be an interesting thing to study... )

[Brad Hawkins]

i think improv linguistics would be an interesting thing to study... )

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

i think improv linguistics would be an interesting thing to study... )

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

i already told you i'm not left handed...

[Spots]

my query, however, was less a request for correction of my diction and more an inquiry of those who DO utilize the aforementioned colloquialized parlance if they had ascertained a more elegant and visually appealing spelling

Dayum! Looks like we got a college boy! Look y'all! A college boy ladies and gentl'min!

[mpbrockman]

why y'all gots ta be censorin' me? dayum...

Sorry, Kanye.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

why y'all gots ta be censorin' me? dayum...

Sorry, Kanye.

i am the improv voice of this generation!

[apiaryist]

I don't like to hear people say "improvver" or "improvved". Spell check doesn't like it either. I'm an imp or an improviser. When I do a show I perform or have performed improv. I will also say I improvise or improvised a show. There's lots of ways to talk about this already. Let's use those words, eh?

In my head, I always see "improv'd". I think that mostly makes me a pretentious shit. But I think it may be legal.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

I don't like to hear people say "improvver" or "improvved". Spell check doesn't like it either. I'm an imp or an improviser. When I do a show I perform or have performed improv. I will also say I improvise or improvised a show. There's lots of ways to talk about this already. Let's use those words, eh?

In my head, I always see "improv'd". I think that mostly makes me a pretentious shit. But I think it may be legal.

i actually kind of dig that. it looks better (and technically more accurate) than the double v solution. thanks! i think i'll try this out.

improv'd
improv'ing
improv'ers

heh. it's a brand new world!

[sara farr]

Yes, it is a contraction!! I approve of this new world.