Stahlke, Herbert F.W. wrote: >"Useta could" is part of my most informal register, but I think I picked it up while we lived in Atlanta for six years in the 70s. > >Herb > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Sarah White >Sent: Wed 7/5/2006 10:01 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: "useta could" > >Hey all you people who recognized "a whole 'nother..." as part of your >regional language heritage, do you also recognize "useta could" as in "I >useta could recite all the state capitals from memory, but now I can't"? > > >--WhiteSarah > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > Herb, I hear "might could" here in Appalachia. For example: "I "might could" help you with your tobacco cutting tomorrow." Marshall To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/