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