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[cyrano]

Posted as a query for the southerners on my list (both of them?):

If somebody types it out as ya'll, have they ever actually spoken the word? Or is this just one of those things where people can't spell?

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[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it decidedly "yah-all" (two syllables), so the ya'll makes perfect sense to me. The ' represents the second soft vowel sound, and could just as easily be spelled out "ya all".

I suppose if the assumed pronunciation is "yawl", the y'all spelling makes more sense.

But I don't do it that way. :)