I says' in spoken English?

Question

Is it popular to use 'I says' in conversations in spoken English? Especially when we talk about the past in the present. - "Hey, John do you remember Linda?" - "Yeh" - "We were talking yesterday and she says, how's John?" - "And I says, oh, he's okay, and then she says, are you still friends?" - "I says, sure."

Answer 1

This is a form of slang, not too commonly used nowadays, and having origins in Vaudeville comedy in the late 1800s/early 1900s.