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Might could
I lived in the American South for 9 years. I came to appreciate the niche filled by might could. No other wording conveys that a course of action is both feasible and recommendable: "Son, you might could apologize to your ma."
For more on might could and other double modals, see https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/3211/is-might-could-a-correct-construct