Well, I think that Steve, book or no book, is off base. You all is more like y'all, as in, "You all come see us." I still think that it is, "Y'all come to see us." Anyway, whenever I have seen it written in a book or an article, that is the way it is spelled. More like a contraction. Pat pam serda wrote: > FYI: According to my book, "How To Speak Southern", > written by Steve Mitchell, (whick I keep right next to > my Websters Dictionary), everyone has mispelled the > word that means "you all". The correct spelling is > 'YAWL'. > > Yawl have a good one!!! > > Pam >