Quick Guide to Writing Speech for Applejack

A Quick General Guide for Writing Speech for “Best Horse” Applejack

Southern speech drawl for Applejack and Applebloom:
I’s are rounded out to an Ah sound
You and to are clipped to ya and ta.
Applejack’s drawl is a good mix of Texas and Ozark, closer to east Texas.  Yah and tah would be drawing out the sound and would be more common in a slower drawl more like a Carolinian or Georgian pattern. Yeh or yuh don’t work because those tend to sound lower and more thuggish than southern or western drawl.
You = ya
You all = y’all (two to six people or so – a small group)
All of you = all y’all  (used when speaking of more than four to six people – a large group)
Your = yer
You’re = yer
If is often shifted to iffin’:  If you are going to = Iffin’ yer goin’ ta’
To = ta when used with a verb: fixin’ ta and goin’ ta’ being common examples.
Gonna is perfectly acceptable as a substitute for going to or goin’ ta.
Texans tend to drop their g’s on verbs.
Me = me
Meh would be drawing out the sound again and doesn’t work with the clipped sound. When Texans get angry, they actually tend to slow down and enunciate more clearly because they want to make sure that they are understood. Me and mine would end up becoming clearer in pronounciation if somepony wants to make a point.
I = Ah
I’m = Ah’m
I’ll = Ah’ll
Mine = mahn under normal circumstances, but will revert to a clear pronunciation when the speaker is trying to make ownership clear with emotional overtones.

Note that Big Mac’s speech is a slower, thicker drawl. So, instead of saying, “Yup,” he says, “Eyup.”