I actually used the following phrase in conversation yesterday:
I ain’t hick.
You heard it here, folks.
Context: and
and I were hanging out, and in the midst of telling “your mom” jokes, somehow I used “y’all,” as I’m known to do from time to time (though growing up in Chicago didn’t exactly socialize me to use this, I have, for most of my life).
decided I got bonus points for using it, and then said she’d have to teach me the correct way to use “all y’all,” at which point I replied with the above.
Now if I could just figure out a way to use “if’n” correctly with any combination of the above, I think my life would be complete.
My new client uses y’all, all y’all, ain’t, and daggum on a regular basis. It’s a hoot!