"Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jul 31, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Ron Butters wrote:

> In a message dated 7/31/05 2:47:57 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
> writes:
>
>> I myself can't use things like "might could" unselfconsciously, but
>> "shouldn't oughta" is just colloquial english for me.
>>
> My experience is that non-mutliple modal users who can say
> "shouldn't oughta"
> can also say "might oughta"--is this true for you, Arnold? It is
> true for me.

not for me.  "might oughta" is so out of my variety i'm not even sure
what it would mean.

arnold, who counts as from s.e. pa. (and i don't mean palo alto) for
these purposes