As a lifetime, southerner, both definitions are correct, as in to prepare, or, in Susan's example, about, as in, I'm about to do something. Usually used in a deferment type role. Have you cleaned the oven yet? I'm fixin' to.
On Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 7:01:21 AM UTC-5, Amelite wrote: > > I have always considered that the Southern use of the verb "to fix" can be > replaced with "to prepare". "I'm fixing supper" = "I'm preparing supper." > "I'm fixin to do that" = "I'm preparing to do that." :-) > > -Shoshi > > ------------------------------ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > <http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3acc919b-10bd-4aea-8c14-77cc1cd20f5d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
