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 1. Double modals up north. (3)



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Date:  Sat, 18 Jun 1994 16:33:05 -0500

From:  mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Double modals up north.



Macomb Illinois is on the same latitudewith Keokuk, Iowa, about 60 miles

SW of Peoria.



Yesterday a lady came to our house to discuss hanging new wallpaper.

She had none of the "South Midland " speech which, I have observed

elsewhere, rural people use around here. She coulda been a Peoria native.



I did a double take when she said "I might could even put a [border up

there].



I bracketed the last part because I wasn't sure about the border part.

But the point is, I've always thought the double modal was strictly Southern.

Deep, coastal southern. Any other northern attestations?



Tim Frazer