Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 22:21:19 -0400 From: James C Stalker Subject: Re: Question about "fixing to" There was an article on fixin to in American Speech about five years ago. I don't have them at home, so can't check which one. I believe that there was some discussion of origin. Jim Stalker stalker[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu