At 11:07 pm -0500 9/8/01, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
>Nik Taylor wrote:
>
>> John Cowan wrote:
>> > This is a bit extreme, but "might could" for "might have been
>> > able to" is very common.
>>
>> I've only heard "might could" meaning "might be able to", like "I might
>> could get it done by tomorrow". Altho, at least around here, it's
>> hardly "very common". I've only heard it a couple of times.
>
>Indeed. It's entirely absent in any dialect of Texan English that
>I've heard.
...and in any dialect of Brit English I've heard.
Ray.
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