Date:  Sun, 22 Oct 1995 10:11:18 -0500

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: y'all are crazy



> earlier), that "all" in "y'all" (why not "yall" by the way) has already

                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Good question. The answer in my case is old habit of spelling it "y'all."

I do find Michael Montgomery's suggestions convincing that it is not a

contraction of "you-all," however.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)