Meaning of 'Yawl write, hear?' I am currently reading _To Kill a Mockingbird_ by Harper Lee. In chapter 6 there is a sentence by Dill. Before leaving, he says > 'Yawl write, hear? What does this sentence mean? Does it mean that they should write letters to each other? > you all should write, hear me? Or does it mean something else?

You've got it right.

As you've recognized, this is dialect.

_Yawl_ \- this is a less common way of spelling the dialectical _y'all_ , which is used as the second person plural.

_Hear_ \- this is a shortened form of the expression _you hear_ , which is used in the same dialect as a rhetorical way of asking for confirmation or assent.

In more standard (but still informal) American English, the same sentence could be phrased: "You guys make sure to write to me, ok?"