Date:  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 15:20:46 -0600
From:  Gregory Pulliam <gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CHARLIE.CNS.IIT.EDU>
Subject: used to could

I used to could use this form when I lived in the South (Mississippi,
Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, and even in Li'l Dixie in Missouri). I can't
use it 'free and easy' in Chicago, although there are some contexts on the
southside and the westside where I've heard it used, generally by AAVE
speakers.


Greg Pulliam
gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]charlie.iit.edu
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago