I'm mostly a lurker, but couldn't resist responding with an item that 
recently appeared in my hometown (Charleston, WV) newspaper regarding an 
"anthrax scare" that arrived in an envelope to a state agency.   The 
employee was quoted as saying afterward, "Holy Cow!  We hadn't ought to 
have sniffed that."

Lliz

At 08:50 AM 10/23/01 +0300, you wrote:
>Hi all!
>I grew up in Murfreesboro, TN hearing "hadn't ought"  also.  So, it is used in
>New England and Tennessee.  I wonder where else?
>Best,
>Mike
>
> > Just FYI - I grew up hearing "hadn't ought" as a child in New England as
> > in
> > "He hadn't ought to stack the wood on his porch; the termites will eat
> > his
> > house."  It was perfectly acceptable grammar and widely used.
> >
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