Siouanists, eat your heart out.

[Eric]

I might've not 've responded to this thread if it hadn't come down to a
question of whether or not perfection is distributive over modal
auxileration. To my Upper Great Lakes ear it sort of reminds my of a line
from a song I could (obviously) never finish writing:

"If it'd been real, Master, I'd've said it'd been a dream!"

Or the colorless greens I had for lunch yesterday in lieu of an angry
night's sleep.
--Eric

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
To: <BARudes at aol.com>; <"'siouan at lists.colorado.edu '"@hooch.Colorado.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Siouanists, eat your heart out.


>
> >You MIGHT'VE SHOULD'VE talked to some of us up here in the Carolinas.
> We could've explained the usage to you right quick.
>
> I grew up in South Georgia, and "might could", Ken's "usta could" along
with
> "might oughta" are second nature to me in casual English.  But putting
<'ve>
> on BOTH elements is out of the question for me and everyone I know. "Might
> would've" and "might should've" or "might oughta've" would be OK, but not
> with *might've.
>
> Bob
>