"I says"

Benjamin Fortson fortson at FAS.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Apr 4 17:33:48 UTC 2002


"I says" is extremely common at least in the Northeast US, in my
experience. "So I says to him, I says..." is practically formulaic, and
has (to my ears) a working-class feel.
        Maybe someone else has data on its distribution.

Ben



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