There are two ways to say y'all: the black way and the southern way. Y'all is the black way and yall is the southern way.

Y'all is spoken with two syllables: ye-ALL. It can be heard up and down the east coast. It's just "ya" and "all" very close together.

Yall is spoken with one long syllable: YAAAWWL. It's very lazy sounding and only unashamed southerners use it.

contraction for you-all

Southern 2nd person plural pronoun. Most concise and easily distinguished. Despite the assurance of some emails that have been passing around, "y'all" is plural. Only an absolute idiot would use it as a singular pronoun.

contraction for you all. Despite what some think, it is not only used by hicks and the uneducated. People from all walks of life, traditionally the southern states use it.

The best way to address two or more people. Better than: you guys, youse guys, and you all! Yes, I live in Southern Alabama, and yes, I attended Harvard!

A southern contraction of the term, "you all."
And mind you, that we southerners get very offended when stupid people think anyone who says it is a hick. Shut the hell up.

The only way to address two or more people. Y'all sounds a heck of a lot better than youse guys and is more efficient as well. Only say it if you're from the south unless you want to get laughed at because yankees don't know how to pronounce it right. Ya'll is spelled incorrectly and "all y'all" is perfectly legitimate. Never use y'all to refer to one person--it makes things really confusing.

Derived from the old English ye and all. Originally used in colonial America. Now often used to represent you all.