Sought vs Mought - What's the difference?
sought | mought |
*1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
*:"I'm a plain man; rum and bacon and eggs is what I want, and that head up there for to watch ships off. What you mought' call me? You ' mought call me captain..."
*1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 46:
*:‘Mought be a little in the barn. But dont let him hyear us, er he'll find hit and po hit out.’
