Date:  Sun, 19 Jun 1994 17:11:29 -0500

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

Subject: Re: Double modals up north.



Y'know, I use these myself sometimes. But I picked it up from reading

RAven and other dialectlogists; then I married a southerner. So its

semi-deliberate and artificail with me.



Tim













On Sat, 18 Jun 1994, THOMAS L CLARK wrote:



> On Sat, 18 Jun 1994 mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU wrote:

>

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

> > SW of Peoria.

>

>

> "I might could even put a [border up

> > there].

>

> Very common among Ogenites (Utah), and outside of big cities in Utah and

> Nevada. I worked for the IRS (blush) in the early 1960's at the Western

> Regional IRS center in Ogden. ALL of the middle-level supervisors used

> double modals, they were all from the region. Like Tim, I did a

> double-take when I first heard such. Still do perk up my ears when I

> hear residents of Nevada using same.

> Cheers,

> Thomas L. Clark

> tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nevada.edu

>