OT--dialects ("fixin' to")

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 9133

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, nlpnt at y... wrote:
> 
>  BTW, could you use "used to could" in a sentence? I'm curious how 
> it's used as I've only heard it in a Jeff Foxworthy routine.

Don't know Jeff Foxworthy, but as for "used to could", I'd say:

"I used to could stay up all night just to watch a 3 Stooges marathon 
with my friends, but I'm getting old."

I promise - no more OT for me tonight!
kimberly