It's a southern US dialect. Yes, it's common in this region for spoken language, but it's uncommon to have it be published (it's almost always an attempt to se

It's a southern US dialect. Yes, it's common in this region for spoken language, but it's uncommon to have it be published (it's almost always an attempt to set the piece as a view into lower class, southern lifestyles). Similar for words like "ain't" and "y'all".