might should

might should

1. (double modal / stacked modal, used in some dialects, chiefly Southern US) should perhaps (used to soften "should" and make it less of a command)
   • 2005, Holly Hughes, Best Food Writing 2005‎, →ISBN, page 164:

     I've noticed how my knees, lower back, neck, and temples hurt pretty much continuously. I'm thinking that I might should go back to my old midmorning ways, pop those Vienna tops more often, and dice peppers like there's no tomorrow.

   • 2008, George Singleton, Work Shirts for Madmen‎, →ISBN, page 58:

     I opened the back of my refrigeration truck and, for the first time, understood that I might should go ahead and turn it back into a regular pickup.

   • 2011, Melissa Fenton, A Moral Compass‎, →ISBN:

     His sister stopped by the laundry mat to say hello and I told her what I was about to do and said she might should go by the house once he got off work, just to be there for him.

The conjugation (with the full verb "go", for example) is:

• I might should go.
• You might should go, John.
• She might should go.
• We might should go.
• Y'all might should go. / Both of you might should go.
• They might should go.

• might can, might could
• double modal, stacked modal; modal stacking