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To: secondamendmentkid

What about the famous “double modal”...

might could - “I might could go to the store today”
might should - “He might should apologize to her for that”

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As an aside, I am reading a historical fiction written in England in the 1800s. In it, the author has used “I reckon” many times. I thought that was pretty neat. I’d read before that southern English has some traces of older British English - especially in areas like Charleston and Savannah


99 posted on 07/10/2010 4:55:22 AM PDT by justsaynomore (The Hermantor - 2012 - www.hermancain.com)
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To: justsaynomore

What’s really wierd is how similar the Charleston, SC and Charlestown, MA accents are. Most people think of Yankee v Dixie as being opposite, but it’s more like they grew in opposite directions. When you get to the real, real, old (”thick”) accents, they start growing more similar.


103 posted on 07/10/2010 5:27:03 AM PDT by dangus
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