Originally Posted by PatriceJ

How Long Have You Lived in the South?

1. "I'm about to ..." or "I'm going to ..." [you just got here yesterday.]
2. "I'm fixing to ...": [you've been here 6 months to a year]
3. "I'm fixin' to ...": [you've been here 'round 2 years.]
4. "I'm fittin' to ...": [you've been here 'round about 10 or 20 years and it's been waaaaaaaaaay too long since you've visited home or read a book.]
5. "I'm fin to ...": [you were born here and read occasionally. you wear shoes to work and church only. you wear flip-flops everywhere else that demands footwear.]
6. "I'm finna ...": [you were born here, never read, and don't own a pair of shoes. it's sparkly flip-flops for church and regler fer every other place that hangs a sign sayin' you gotta have shoes on. or you're a politician.]