Siouanists, eat your heart out.

[Rankin, Robert L]

This is about English rather than Siouan, but when I heard it I couldn't
resist.

This year's Oscar for Best Embedded Modal goes to an unidentified worker at
Disney World in Florida, who, when discussing dissatisfaction with worker
pay cuts, said, "It MIGHT'VE WOULD'VE quelled it a little if management had
taken a cut too,..."  Even I can't say that.

The interview can be heard at http://www.npr.org/ under the program heading
"Morning Edition" for January 29, 2002.

Bob