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[Natalie Maynor]

Bob Haas wrote:
>
> I like "y'all," Natalie, b/c I like the idea of showing that it's a type of
> contraction.  And I think many people see it that way, but that's just my

"Y'all" has always been my spelling of it, but whether it's a contraction
is debatable.  One reason I might go with the "y'all" spelling, though,
is that spelling it "yall" strikes me as emphasizing a position in the
contraction debate, which is not what I want to do.
   --Natalie Maynor (maynor at ra.msstate.edu)