Contrary to letting something alone these discussions can tell the origin if those who pronounced a word one way or another. I do NOT consider it a waste of time. Darn few of us know, for sure, what country our forebears came from. It is those pronunciations that might tell us a whole lot. As someone who has done considerable research for almost 30 years in an attempt to trace all my lines (1703 in this country) I am aware of many ways of pronouncing a word. As a example of a habit, did our ancestors add cream to their tea or drank it straight? Someone might flippantly say "so what" but the truth of the matter is the English do it one way while another ethnic group might do it another way. Back in the hollows of the Smoky mountains words tell a story. We can learn a lot if we just learn to listen sometimes. Angus "Scotty" Robinson -----Original Message----- From: pam serda <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 8:34 PM Subject: Re: You All and Yawl and Y'all >Isn't it time to let this one die, and move on? > >Pam > > >--- "Angus P. Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> The pronunciation of "you all" depends, so I was >> told >> by a professor of English language, on origin of the >> person or group. In other words, depending on where >> your ancestors came from >> vs, Wales, Ireland or England (perhaps even Germany) >> the salutation was >> rendered >> using their long forgotten dialect. This might be >> worth exploring further. The same applies to many of >> the other words such as yes'm. >> I doubt yawl or you-all ORIGINATED from the same >> source. >> Angus "Scotty" Robinson >> >> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 9:05 AM >> Subject: You All and Yawl and Y'all >> >> >> >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 >> >> >> > >> >> > >=== >Jas Hampton O 1822 AL>Daniel O 1855 AL>Mary Eboline O 1875 AL> and > >William F. Holmes 1836 TN>Robert W. Holmes 1867 TX>Clayton Holmes 1903 TX>Glenn Holmes 1931 TX >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >