Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

I was reading some vintage Orwell and I came across " ... oughtn't to say ... .". This sounded reasonably archaic or foreign to me. Then I realized that my ideolect dictates that "ought not" ought not be followed by "to." Even I recognize that it's odd. Still, there is no question about it that two distinct rules are at play.

Looking up usage, it appears to vary regionally in the US. I can't recall ever hearing "ought not to" or "oughtn't to" anywhere in my US travels.

So, where are you from? And what do you hear and say?