Who Here Says "Fixin to"?

[Dino Velvet]

Anybody say that? Makes my head hurt. Stop it.


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wg9lmL2DyI4/SZV8d6ybwCI/AAAAAAAABZU/PKiqrgUsVis/s400/HillbillyTeeth.jpg
"You goin' down ta the Piggly-Wiggly?"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2078248562_1d7db751a2.jpg?v=0
"Errrrrrrrr yip. I's fixin' to."

Texas Funeral - Jon Wayne - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcoJyvxlbCI)

[nevada64]

I used to have a girlfriend from Chattanooga, Tennessee who used to tell me that she was "fixing to go to the store". She was a sweet Southern Belle. I wonder where she is now days...

[EvaCassini]

I say it! lol got it from my mom.....born and raised in NC....got her Arkansas tendencies! lmao

[dakota87]

I confess. Raised in The Old North State, The Land of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina.

[Dino Velvet]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude...

[EvaCassini]

hahaha...i try not to say it much...not a fan of the whole "country drawal" thing and really anything country...i disdain the music

[Dino Velvet]

I got an uncle that's the spitting image of Bum Phillips. Reminds me of Yosemite Sam too. He's the Mugabe of West Texas.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bum_Philips_with_G.H.W._Bush_cropped.jpg/220px-Bum_Philips_with_G.H.W._Bush_cropped.jpghttp://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/pict/321068993946_1.jpg

[robertlouis]

The original and best - Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, Country Joe and the Fish. Did a gig with Joe McDonald about ten years ago here in the UK. Quite a guy.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rArmFRkaFY

[sukumvit boy]

These guys do.

[Dino Velvet]

These guys do.

More Obama cousins???

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FeAskKdJO0E/SZMYl3YxJiI/AAAAAAAAAe0/Yi0kM56ProU/obama_big_ears.jpg

[sukumvit boy]

He's too edumecated. We ain't talk'in Ebonics,we're talk'in Southern.

[Steve-Oh]

I'm fixin ta take my car to the shop.
It needs Fixed.

[Saint_Frankenstein]

NO. I live in the Midwest and have lived in the South and the dialects and accents of those places have certainly influenced my speech, but I'm originally from San Francisco and I'm trying to hold onto that as much as possible. Lol. The furthest I go is "y'all".

[CORVETTEDUDE]

I'm fixin' to rip off yur head n' shit down yur windpipe, pilgrim!!!

[speedking59]

i do. heard it from my dad, a crazy, alcoholic, hillrod from east Texas. has stuck with me along with settin' for sittin', "pert near.", and "down the road apiece."

[Dino Velvet]

i do. heard it from my dad, a crazy, alcoholic, hillrod from east Texas. has stuck with me along with settin' for sittin', "pert near.", and "down the road apiece."

My Texas family adds an "r" to everything.

"Now don't fergit yer umberell'r when you go get them tortill'rs."

[robertlouis]

My Texas family adds an "r" to everything.

"Now don't fergit yer umberell'r when you go get them tortill'rs."


I did once hear the host at a Texan barbecue say "Bon appetit, y'all", a stunning piece of cosmopolitan sophistication.

[hippifried]

Well I were fixin' to say it, butteye di'n' wanna give y'all another reason ta gripe.

[TSLexi]

I do.

[francisfkudrow]

One reason that more people are using the expression may be the somewhat recent G. Love & Special Sauce song, "Fixin' to Die".

G. Love - Fixin' To Die - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPH3dPQkIc)

[FreddieGomez]

I say "finna" instead

[Dino Velvet]

I say "finna" instead

That also loosely means "going" or "going to", correct? Actually pretty close to "fixin". Just realized. Good post.

Even more reason not to speak that way. Holla!

[BiBoyinBeantown]

The original and best - Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, Country Joe and the Fish. Did a gig with Joe McDonald about ten years ago here in the UK. Quite a guy.

First thing I thought of.

[BiBoyinBeantown]

It needs Fixed.

That construction is actually quite common in the Old Northwest (basically, anywhere from Harrisburg PA to Chicago, but not Chicago itself) and comes from Scots English.

The other oddball construction is called "positive anymore". Normally you use the term "any more or "anymore" in a negative sense:
"I don't go to that bar any more since they raised their drink prices."
But the "positive anymore" construction is:
"Since the theater raised ticket prices to $11, I just stay in and watch Netflix anymore."

Supposedly that has its roots in Irish or Scots-Irish English. It's common in rural PA outside Philadelphia and its immediate suburbs, west into Amish country, and down to Baltimore.