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[–] 3 points 6 months ago

Apostrophe placement has no influence on how a word is pronounced; they're always silent.

An apostrophe is a substitute for omitted letters. It's "y'all" because the apostrophe is taking the place of the the "ou" in "you all". "Ya'll" makes no sense in relation to "you all".

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