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Dave, First of all, and even when everyone is surely aware of this, I must insist that even when I believe my knowledge of the English grammar is good, I'm not a grammarian or a linguist. It would be completely absurd for me to try and analyse a language that is not even my own in depth when I...

Interesting question. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (referenced at dictionary.com) has this to say : Some speakers of vernacular English varieties, particularly in isolated or mountainous regions of the southern United States, use phrases such as...