|
Mishoe |
5 |
I thought I'd ask you and we might could ask Jennifer.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1862 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
2-3 months in a winter |
SC (Lower Brownsville) |
SC (Lower Brownsville) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1278 |
We should oughta not do that. |
should |
ought to not |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
TX (Dickenson) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
765 |
If she had seen ’em, she might could have said who they are.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
259 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
5th grade |
GA (Buford) |
GA (Buford) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1956 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
10th grade |
GA (Lollie) |
GA (Lollie) |
1971 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2126 |
must can't |
must |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
842 |
That would be nice. Even we might could use it for OAASIS [=a grant project].
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
supervisor to subordinates |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1703 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
41 |
High school |
NC (Manteo) |
NC (Manteo) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
101 |
Could we might stop and get me just a cheeseburger and nothing else? |
could |
might |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school student |
SC (Myrtle Beach) |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
353 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Trenton) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
607 |
Shouldn't ought to.
|
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
11th grade |
GA (Decatur) |
GA (Decatur) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2257 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1798 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
A few years |
NC (Boonville) |
NC (Boonville) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1463 |
Do you think we might should tell him ourselves? |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1553 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Deal Island) |
MD (Deal Island) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
450 |
Some people might could have gone.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
High school (Some) |
AR (Greenbrier) |
AR (Greenbrier) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1893 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
College (Some) |
SC (Winnsboro) |
SC (Winnsboro) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2063 |
We might ought to try turpentine. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
Graduate (Master's Degree) |
LA (Vivian) |
Television |
2013 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1640 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Evergreen) |
VA (Evergreen) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
38 |
I might could have done so much better. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1109 |
Pearl can might cook supper. |
can |
might |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
544 |
Might should have.
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at Emory University at time of interview) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
798 |
I useta could imitate anybody ’n anything that come up, I could imitate ’em.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
292 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
4th grade |
GA (Moniac) |
GA (Moniac) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1734 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
no information |
NC (Clinton) |
NC (Clinton) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1989 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
FL (Mandarin) |
FL (Mandarin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
128 |
Look in that TV guide and see if they might will be running a race on Sunday. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
80s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to daughter |
Spoken |
3.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
640 |
I used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
10th grade |
GA (Walton County) |
GA (Walnut Grove) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1583 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Little education |
VA (Post Oak) |
VA (Post Oak) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1830 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
Private tutor |
SC (Kingstree) |
SC (Kingstree) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
734 |
He may not could afford it. |
may not |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acq |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
228 |
If I stayed in Columbia any longer, I might could find my way around. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
482 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
5th grade |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1925 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
58 |
Governess and 1 year boarding school |
GA (Valona) |
GA (Valona) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1342 |
Would you might wanna wait till the eight o'clock flight, when it's cheaper? |
would |
might |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Dallas) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
sister to sister |
Spoken |
2.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1672 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Slight; until 15 or 16 |
VA (Sydnorsville) |
VA (Sydnorsville) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
70 |
I wonder if we might could get a copy of last year's test? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to group in no.69 |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1051 |
For CBS. She might could do " Nightline. " |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TX (Abilene) |
Television |
2005 |
panelist to host |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
324 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Lollie) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1766 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
58 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Bunn) |
NC (Bunn) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
670 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
3 months per year until age 17 |
AR (Pee Dee) |
AR (Pee Dee) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1521 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Until age 18 |
PA (White Deer Valley) |
PA (White Deer Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
1609 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
107 |
No education |
VA (Messick) |
VA (Messick) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
6 |
Did I put enough money in the meter? You might should go check.
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
man to man at lunch |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1863 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
College (Some) |
SC (Blenheim) |
SC (Blemheim) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
512 |
Might could name it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
7th grade |
GA (Berrien County) |
GA (Ray City) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1279 |
I shouldn’t oughta do that. |
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
766 |
If I could talk to one of the men, I might could tell you how much you’ve got |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
260 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
8th grade |
GA (Hawkinsville) |
GA (Hawkinsville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1957 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
9th grade |
GA (Fort Valley) |
GA (Fort Valley) |
1965 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1372 |
I don't know if I can, but I might can get more rosebud centers. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2127 |
must oughtn't |
must |
oughtn't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
843 |
We may could look at it a different way. |
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
supervisor to subordinates |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1704 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
1.5 months every summer |
NC (New Englehard) |
NC (New Englehard) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
102 |
You may should go to the dentist if it's really bothering you a lot. |
may |
should |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Asheboro) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
354 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Wicker) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
608 |
Shouldn't ought to.
|
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
College |
TX (Burkeville) |
TX (Wiergate) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1160 |
Did they use to would drink black coffee late at night? |
used to |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
F&B |
1230 |
These supporting ideas may could have been put into separate paragraphs. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
College (Student at time of interview) |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Scotland |
940 |
He should no can come. |
should no |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1313 |
If you might could find a room that no one else is using at that time.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
secretary to instructor |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Barrick |
876 |
You won’t can go. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
PN (Cumberland County) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
127 |
They'll be running out real soon. So if y'all want some, you might should ought to run right on down there. |
might |
should |
ought to |
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
disc jockey to on-air audience |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Brandstetter |
1192 |
They might couldn’t adapt it for use in their classes. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Scotland |
957 |
They hæna cuid geate eane [=They have not been able to get one]. |
have |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (southern) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Mashburn |
1248 |
He might can see you today. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
COCA |
1072 |
Actually we might could have, because over the years we've been such good customers for Discover that they've kept raising our limit as we've kept approaching it. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
908 |
He would could do it if he tried. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
England |
990 |
He used couldn’t. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Warwick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1373 |
If you can think of someone you might can sell some to... |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
volunteer to person |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1374 |
I would like for you now to ask questions of me or anyone else here who might can answer them. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
College |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1973 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1161 |
He might should claim his expenses. |
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
F&B |
1231 |
She is not a victim because she might could have prevented it but did not try. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
College Student |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
|
|
Written |
1.8 |
|
|
Montgomery |
198 |
Sorry we don't carry them anymore, but you know, you may might can get one right over there at Wicks. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
941 |
He should no could have come. |
should no |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1314 |
We might could work on it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
secretary to instructor |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1407 |
Land may need not be paid for |
may |
need |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1981 |
ad |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
877 |
[Do you think you’ll go?] Might could. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
CO (Unknown) |
1967 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Brandstetter |
1193 |
She might would like those, and he might, too. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
Elicited |
|
Scotland |
1244 |
If wey hæd cuid cum ... |
had |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (southern) |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
Mashburn |
1249 |
He may can see you today. |
may |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1344 |
I might would come by. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Leander) |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1981 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
H&S |
1211 |
See that drug store? You might coulda find it there. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Bahamas (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Scotland |
909 |
He’ll can get you one. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
420 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
8th grade |
GA (Savannah) |
GA (Savannah) |
1972 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
991 |
I can’t do it now, but I used to could |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Warwick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1375 |
We might can fix it |
might |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to cousin |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1162 |
He might can go. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
COCA |
1086 |
You might could stay here tonight, " the aunt said. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1992 |
woman to woman |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
942 |
He should could no have come. |
should |
could no |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DARE |
878 |
I might could should tell her about it. |
might |
could |
should |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (central) |
1989 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
Scotland |
959 |
Ye’ll can cum neist weik. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (southern) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Mashburn |
1250 |
He may could see you today.
|
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1345 |
She probably might would get it. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1014 |
I might not can write but I want a piece of a great man to remember. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |