The Agony of Poor Spelling

[Thenamir]

Everyone's sayin "ya'll", but I gotta point out that "ya'll" is singular. The plural is, "all ya'll". And you call yerselves hillbillies...

<sips his mint julep and adjusts his string tie>

Ah beg yore pahddon, missie, but ah am a native Suth'ner, bohn and raized in th' great state of South Ca'lina, and as such, ah am an ek-spurt on all thangs su'th'n. And ah mus' take p'lite umbrage (a good Su'th'n word) at yore spellin. Ev'ry proud Suth'ner know that it ain't "ya'll", it's "y'all", which is short for "yew all", and is both sing'lar an' plural at th' same time. "All y'all" is propuh as well.

An' you kin tell by the fo'goin' why th' 'postrofee key on most Su'th'n keyboards is blank from constant use...