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06-11-2008, 07:35 AM #1
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06-11-2008, 01:57 PM #2
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When I lived in North Carolina, people would always say "might could," as in "Would you fix the sink?" "I might could do that."
Yes! Utah folk do that "might could" (double modal construction, if you want to sound like a linguist) too!
But instead of asking "Would you fix the sink" they'd be more likely to say:
"That sink needs fixed."
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06-11-2008, 05:28 PM #3
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I "might could" get used to that IF I DIDN'T HATE IT SO MUCH
Originally Posted by malkin
Silver used to be able to "might could" do anything.
I got her past that
...she trained me to put the toilet seat down
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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06-11-2008, 05:39 PM #4
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Idahoans (we call them 'hoans) do that, too. They also say "beg" instead of "bag" and "mey-sure" instead of "me-sure". (I don't exclusively work with people from Idaho, but they do seem to stand out more, since I am a Seattle girl myself) Originally Posted by malkin
We don't get the "oh my heck" up here in Northern Idaho, but we do have some Utah and Northern Utah (Southern Idaho) transplants that are trying their darndest to spread it
I have learned that my frequent use of "totally" is apparently a Seattle thing. I didn't realize it until someone else from Seattle came to our office and we were (apparently) speaking a language entirely different from the people I work with (who are mostly from Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington), which involved a lot of "totally" and "sweet" and "awesome" among other things that I can't really remember. I felt right at home, but a coworker commented that we were in another zone entirely. It's amazing what a difference 300 miles across the state makes, especially when you start mixing in the 'hoans.
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