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It's quite popular here in Alabama to say FIXIN' TO mean GOING TO. For example: I'm fixin' to take a nap. It was the one phrase my wife used that really got me angry. Anyway I was at a shoe store that had a small basketball hoop setup with a few balls. My guess is that it was to keep the kids entertained while parents shopped. There were 2 kids playing and their father showed up the older (or at least taller) of them said "Are we fi'in to leave?" Completely left out the X. It made me cringe and the hairs on my arms and neck stand up.

I gotta get outta here, I'm not meant for southern living.
 
Originally posted by: quakefiend420
Originally posted by: venk
that's almost as bad as saying "idear" instead of idea.
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i think thats more of a redneck thing...not really sure though
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I noticed it is mostly a white thing. An old Soc professor of mine theorized that "axe" is bashed and "idear" gets a free pass because axe is mainly used by blacks and idear is mainly used by whites.
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
my favourite is the women on talk shows that repeat one word or phrase for 18 centuries, or until everyone else shuts up.

"No you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int..." and on and on and on, until the break of dawn...
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Oh no you di-int!!! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
my favourite is the women on talk shows that repeat one word or phrase for 18 centuries, or until everyone else shuts up.

"No you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int..." and on and on and on, until the break of dawn...
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lol. So true.
 
I'm in NH and I hear "drawering" for drawing and "fahm" for farm. God, can't these people speak correctly. Almost as bad as "nucular."



 
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Originally posted by: meltdown75
my favourite is the women on talk shows that repeat one word or phrase for 18 centuries, or until everyone else shuts up.

"No you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int, no you di-int..." and on and on and on, until the break of dawn...
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Oh no you di-int!!! 🙂
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:thumbsup: 🙂
 
Originally posted by: venk
Originally posted by: Kenazo
that's an excpecially bad word.
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LOL. I love it when people cross two words to create a new one. 😉
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You do know I was complaining with that post. I have a few friends that always seem to pronounce especially with a k sound towards the beginning. "ekspecially" etc.
 
Originally posted by: Kenazo
Originally posted by: venk
Originally posted by: Kenazo
that's an excpecially bad word.
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LOL. I love it when people cross two words to create a new one. 😉
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You do know I was complaining with that post. I have a few friends that always seem to pronounce especially with a k sound towards the beginning. "ekspecially" etc.
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I know, I didn't assume you cremaded the word yourself. 😉
 
Originally posted by: franksta
It's quite popular here in Alabama to say FIXIN' TO mean GOING TO. For example: I'm fixin' to take a nap. It was the one phrase my wife used that really got me angry. Anyway I was at a shoe store that had a small basketball hoop setup with a few balls. My guess is that it was to keep the kids entertained while parents shopped. There were 2 kids playing and their father showed up the older (or at least taller) of them said "Are we fi'in to leave?" Completely left out the X. It made me cringe and the hairs on my arms and neck stand up.

I gotta get outta here, I'm not meant for southern living.
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no, they say "fixin' to" when they mean "Fixing to". not exactly the same as "goin' to".

 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: franksta
It's quite popular here in Alabama to say FIXIN' TO mean GOING TO. For example: I'm fixin' to take a nap. It was the one phrase my wife used that really got me angry. Anyway I was at a shoe store that had a small basketball hoop setup with a few balls. My guess is that it was to keep the kids entertained while parents shopped. There were 2 kids playing and their father showed up the older (or at least taller) of them said "Are we fi'in to leave?" Completely left out the X. It made me cringe and the hairs on my arms and neck stand up.

I gotta get outta here, I'm not meant for southern living.
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no, they say "fixin' to" when they mean "Fixing to". not exactly the same as "goin' to".
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Fixing too is awful grammer anyway.

 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: franksta
It's quite popular here in Alabama to say FIXIN' TO mean GOING TO. For example: I'm fixin' to take a nap. It was the one phrase my wife used that really got me angry. Anyway I was at a shoe store that had a small basketball hoop setup with a few balls. My guess is that it was to keep the kids entertained while parents shopped. There were 2 kids playing and their father showed up the older (or at least taller) of them said "Are we fi'in to leave?" Completely left out the X. It made me cringe and the hairs on my arms and neck stand up.

I gotta get outta here, I'm not meant for southern living.
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no, they say "fixin' to" when they mean "Fixing to". not exactly the same as "goin' to".
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Fix = repair
 
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