An interesting idea to be sure, but it doesn't work for me. However, you might consider the following: Instead of 'she said', 'he said', or 'he says', 'she says', use 'says she', 'says he'.  In the first person, 'says I' works too.

I walked up to the copper and looked him in the eye. "Lots of rum doings," says I. "Indeed there is," says he, looking suspiciously at me.

This has the effect of sounding both archaic - 19th century - and colloquial - almost cockney.

Just my take on this.

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