Date:  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 17:52:28 -0400
<br>From:  "Dennis R. Preston"  preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: used to could
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<br>What can you say besides 'used to could'? Can't nobody I know say 'Used to
<br>be able to' (less they funnin or, as Greg suggests, from the Deep North).
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<br>DInIs
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<br> I used to could use this form when I lived in the South (Mississippi,
<br> Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, and even in Li'l Dixie in Missouri). I can't
<br> use it 'free and easy' in Chicago, although there are some contexts on the
<br> southside and the westside where I've heard it used, generally by AAVE
<br> speakers.
<br> 
<br> 
<br> Greg Pulliam
<br> gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]charlie.iit.edu
<br> Illinois Institute of Technology
<br> Chicago
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<br>Dennis R. Preston
<br>Department of Linguistics and Languages
<br>Michigan State University
<br>East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
<br>preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu
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