|
Feagin |
773 |
He might could bring her. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
805 |
[Can you do it?:] I useta could, but I can’t no more. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Sand Mountain) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
774 |
Might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
806 |
Didn’t you tell me you useta could see, once in a while, a Indian go through the mountain? |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
|
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
507 |
I might could say "might could."
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at time of interview) |
AL (Troy) |
AL (Troy) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
541 |
Might ought to be able.
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Troy) |
AL (Troy) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
421 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Troy) |
AL (Troy) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
723 |
Used to would.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AL (Thomaston) |
AL (Foley) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
724 |
I don’t know what they used to would say.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AL (Thomaston) |
AL (Foley) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
563 |
I might would call her.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
12th grade |
AL (Tallassee) |
AL (Tallassee) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
467 |
I might could help you. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
514 |
I think I might could recognize it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
663 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AL (Stockton) |
AL (Stockton) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
257 |
may would
|
may |
would |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
High school and business course |
AL (Stevenson) |
AL (Stevenson) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
649 |
I used to could just eat almost anything.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
72 |
9th grade |
AL (Selma) |
AL (Selma) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
597 |
You might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
72 |
9th grade (Some) |
AL (Selma) |
AL (Selma) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
614 |
I used could make biscuits.
|
used |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Military academy |
AL (Russellville) |
AR (Russellville) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
516 |
Might could say it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
47 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Piedmont) |
AL (Piedmont) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
458 |
You might could have helped me. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
3rd grade; literate |
AL (Peterman) |
AL (Peterman) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
695 |
Used to might.
|
used to |
might |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
11th grade |
AL (New Brockton) |
AL (New Brockton) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
685 |
I used to could blow on it a little bit.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
4th grade |
AL (Needham) |
AL (Needham) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
686 |
Used to could get them.,
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
4th grade |
AL (Needham) |
AL (Needham) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
487 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
High school (Graduate) |
AL (Montevallo) |
AL (Montevallo) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
684 |
You used to could hear. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
49 |
High school |
AL (Mexboro) |
AL (Mexboro) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
468 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
49 |
High school |
AL (Mexboro) |
AL (Mexboro) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
603 |
Yeah, I might would use that term.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
High school |
AL (Lee County) |
AL (Opelika) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
579 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
High school |
AL (Lee County) |
AL (Opelika) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
476 |
I might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
8th grade |
AL (Lauderdale County) |
AL (Killen) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
580 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AL (Foley) |
AL (Foley) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2016 |
We would have might maybe made it. |
would have |
might |
maybe |
Female |
White |
72 |
College graduate |
AL (Evergreen) |
TN (Nashville) |
1991 |
Mother to son. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2017 |
You might maybe could have made it. |
might |
maybe |
could |
Female |
White |
72 |
College graduate |
AL (Evergreen) |
TN (Nashville) |
1991 |
Mother to son. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
589 |
I might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
26 |
High school and technical college |
AL (Eufala) |
AL (Eufala) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
559 |
You might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
404 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
661 |
Used to could have that. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
813 |
I useta wouldn’t stay at home when ...
|
used to |
would |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
AL (Cleburn) |
AL (Native of Cleburn, Ranolph Counties, but 30 years in Anniston) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
575 |
He might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
71 |
11th grade |
AL (Clanton) |
AL (Clanton) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
683 |
I used to could eat a green.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
2nd grade; illiterate |
AL (Butler County) |
AL (Greenville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
436 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation) |
AL (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
704 |
Used to wouldn't.
|
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation on Cedar Creek) |
AR (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
254 |
Sometimes they maybe may would. |
may |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
72 |
9th grade (Some) |
AL (Brantley) |
AL (Selma) |
1978 |
female to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
461 |
If you told me the word, I might could have thought of some.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Anniston) |
AL (Anniston) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
534 |
He might could write his name.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
4th grade (Literate) |
AL (Alpine) |
AL (Alpine) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
634 |
You used to could buy them.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
4th grade |
AL (Alpine) |
AL (Alpine) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
268 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school (Graduate) |
AL (Adger) |
AL (Birmingham) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
513 |
Might could put.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Less than 7th grade |
AL (Abercrombie) |
AL (Duncanville) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
262 |
I might not can call.
|
might not |
can |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
College (Graduate) |
AL (Abbeville) |
AL (Abbeville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2022 |
One of our goals might ought to be to encourage non-member involvement. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
22 |
College graduate |
|
SC (Columbia) |
1991 |
Acquaintance to acquaintances |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
904 |
In a crisis, what would a wee lassie like that could dae for me? |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
|
Scotland (West Lothian) |
1979 |
stranger |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |