|
LAMSAS |
1517 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Until age 14 |
PA (Holt's Hollow, Johnson's Run/Milesburg) |
PA (Holt's Hollow, Johnson's Run/Milesburg) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Visser |
1212 |
I fear that the emperor will depart thence, before my letters shall may come into your grace’s hands.
|
shall |
may |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Unknown) |
1532 |
|
Written |
1.4 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1893 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
College (Some) |
SC (Winnsboro) |
SC (Winnsboro) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1419 |
You might can see the pipes of the heater. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
UT (Salt Lake City) |
1984 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
390 |
[People] might could carried.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1858 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
7th grade |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
270 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
67 |
4th grade |
LA (Zachary) |
LA (Zachary) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
644 |
I used to could, but I can't now. |
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
61 |
4th grade |
GA (Valdosta) |
GA (Valdosta) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
993 |
I us’t at could dance as weel as anybody when I was young. |
used at |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lancaster) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
Boertien |
1283 |
Shouldn’t you oughta do that? |
Should |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
College Student |
TX (Dickenson) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1989 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
FL (Mandarin) |
FL (Mandarin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
78 |
This is the strangest weather. Could it might have something to do with that greenhouse thing? |
could |
might |
|
Male |
Black |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to student |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
738 |
Well, you might can get what you want from them. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1368 |
You better go slow, or I might not can follow you. |
might not |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Rosenberg) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1700 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Very little |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
486 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
College (1 year) |
TN (Portland) |
TN (Portland) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
847 |
We'll send you a document with questions in it, like “What additional things would we may need from you ... ” |
would |
may |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA (Unknown) |
2007 |
contractor to potential clients |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1163 |
He might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Montgomery |
2006 |
I'll tell you what you might can do. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
1994 |
Acquaintance to acquaintance. |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1794 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
81 |
18 days |
NC (Danbury) |
NC (Danbury) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
206 |
That would account for why I may didn't know it then. |
may |
didn't |
|
Male |
White |
40 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
FL (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
SC State Administrator to unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1549 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
Very little |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Belize |
1232 |
Yu mos yuz tu ... |
must |
used to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Belize (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scotland |
943 |
He shouldnae no could have come. |
shouldnae |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1925 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
58 |
Governess and 1 year boarding school |
GA (Valona) |
GA (Valona) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2094 |
In the past, an ocean voyage might could be very dangerous. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
14 |
Would there might possibly be any more of those forms in the office? |
would |
might |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to secretary |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
674 |
I used to could work all day.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
7th grade |
TN (Laurel Bloomery) |
TN (Laurel Bloomery) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1636 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
86 |
no information |
VA (Cumberland Courthouse) |
VA (Cumberland Courthouse) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
422 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
College (2 years) |
AR (Salem) |
AR (Salem) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
302 |
I might can think back.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
10th grade |
GA (Georgetown) |
GA (Georgetown) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1113 |
He might can get the car fixed before we leave. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1316 |
Gosh, we might could spring for fifteen cents. We might even spring for the copying. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
secretary to student |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1431 |
So she mighta could driven that truck of yours. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
12 |
Elementary School |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
110 |
I'm gonna give a little demonstration of what might woulda happened to that guy if we'd a fought. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television Show |
c1990 |
character from NBC's 'Cheers' to barfolk |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1730 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55+ |
no information |
NC (Wilmington) |
NC (Wilmington) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Feagin |
770 |
At one time I might coulda helped you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1399 |
A: Do you know the roads out of here? B: No. A: We may better get a map. |
may |
better |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
On airplane to Austin TX |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2039 |
We might ought to get that and give it to [personal name]. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Farragut) |
TN (Seymour) |
2012 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1579 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
None |
VA (Bell's Crossroads) |
VA (Bell's Crossroads) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
358 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
40 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Soso) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1826 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
Local schools |
SC (Manning) |
SC (Manning) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
238 |
They might can break one of us, but they can't break all of us. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
from a wikipedia listing |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
612 |
That shouldn't oughtn't to be.
|
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
960 |
Aiblins a new Scottish braidcastin authority micht can redd oot aw the foreign cockapentie pronunciations sae we ca keep oor ain hamelt Scottish vowels afore they aw disappear like a snaw aff a dyke. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Mashburn |
1251 |
He might would see you today. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1957 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
9th grade |
GA (Fort Valley) |
GA (Fort Valley) |
1965 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|