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[Lal Zimman]

Mullins, Bill wrote:
>>I thought "all right" was pronounced [aiy at i?] or something
>>close to that.
>
> I've seen the hip-hop (or maybe Black English??) spelled a'ight, and
> pronounced that way, with emphasis on the second syllable.

It has definitely expanded out of its BE roots and now many non-black
and non-hip-hop-listening young people use it, even those who normally
don't use a lot of BEisms (such as myself.) I see that spelling of the
word frequently on sites like livejournal.com.

-Lal