Which is correct? Y���all vs. Ya���ll vs. Y���awl

Y���all want to sound Southern? Then you���ll want to know when you sound wrong by misspelling the word.

Y���all is the correct spelling of this Southern expression. Though a contraction of ���you all,��� y���all usually is used as a plural form of ���you,��� as in Aunt Janie, you get the iced tea; Dawn and Missy, y���all set up the chairs.

Ya���ll is incorrect because the apostrophe represents the missing ���ooo��� sound created by the letters o and u. Writers probably use the ya���ll spelling because it phonetically matches how y���all sounds, but the use of an apostrophe would be nonsensical in the construction.

Y���awl perhaps is a better phonetic spelling. Still, yawl (without an apostrophe) is an actual word that means ���cry out, howl or yell.��� So using yawl or y���awl for y���all can be confusing to readers.

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