1139
source:
Dumas
Entry:
1139
Example:
You might oughtta take a look at that pie before you eat it.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
ought to
Gender:
Female
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
AR (Huntsville)
Year:
1987
Sentence Structure:
1.3
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
waitress at the Crossbow Restaurant in Huntsville, Arkansas, cited from Dumas, Bethany. 1987. “Multiple Modals in Southern Mountain Speech,” p. 2 (reported from Suzette Elgin.