tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post5286303177973473903..comments2024-02-14T18:14:24.187-08:00Comments on 20011: Auxiliary FormsGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-20191937643393820262018-04-04T08:26:36.482-07:002018-04-04T08:26:36.482-07:00Many of those phrases are now part of Southern hum...Many of those phrases are now part of Southern humor, I find, at least among the college-educated. So there are some who use them naturally and some who use them consciously. I went to high school deep in the Carolina mountains and heard many interesting phrases. And that's probably where I picked up "I reckon."Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-6707522102471407802018-03-21T17:46:18.894-07:002018-03-21T17:46:18.894-07:00"Might could" I have encountered only in..."Might could" I have encountered only in fiction, I think, "used to would" only when my friend from Virginia mentioned it. But then though I live south of the Mason-Dixon line, I've never really lived in the South, hardly visited it.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-78460783004147612582018-03-21T12:02:11.001-07:002018-03-21T12:02:11.001-07:00Interesting. Well, they don't say it any more ...Interesting. Well, they don't say it any more in Cooper's Cooperstown... But you can still hear things like "might could" and "used to would" and "can't never could" down South. Some people say them in a humorous, half-conscious way, though...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com