I'm not sure the (multiple) American English dialects are being reproduced totally faithfully

[conuly]

in this audiodrama I'm listening to.

Is "usedta could" a feature of Upper Midwestern, specifically Minnesota, speech? I thought you didn't much hear that sort of double modal* outside the South.

* Used to is sort of a modal, but I refuse to use the phrase "quasimodal" and, having learned it, I also refuse to use any other phrase because honestly, nothing can top that.

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I've lived in Minnesota for most of my life, and I don't remember ever hearing "usedta could" as something people say here. But I've always lived in an urban area, just 15 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. Maybe it's something people say in other areas of MN? But I really don't think so!