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minus-squareScranulum@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoThey don’t really mean the exact same thing, or at least not in my dialect. “Fixing to” implies that the thing will happen imminently, not just in the future.
minus-squareAugustWest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoFair enough. I do think that connotation doesn’t necessarily carry over to the “gonna” and “finna” forms, but it’s a good point. That said, “fixing to” still grates on my brain in ways I can’t begin to describe.
They don’t really mean the exact same thing, or at least not in my dialect. “Fixing to” implies that the thing will happen imminently, not just in the future.
Fair enough. I do think that connotation doesn’t necessarily carry over to the “gonna” and “finna” forms, but it’s a good point.
That said, “fixing to” still grates on my brain in ways I can’t begin to describe.