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msrobbie
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« on: October 26, 2000, 09:46:03 pm » |
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Personally, I can't get through an hour of conversation without several "fixin to's". Living in Texas for over 20 years certainly changes your speech patterns! Even after four years of living in Las Vegas, my Texican slang creeps through a good part of the time.
At the company where I work, everyone used to make fun of my accent (which is NOT that bad) and my "I'm fixing to go pick up a contract" or "I'm fixing to get a stick and go after that project manager" put me on the receiving end of many a southern or Texas joke. But about a year ago, our absolutely horrible awful general manager was booted out the door, and a few weeks later, we are introduced to a new general manager. One of the first things out of his mouth when he got our management team together was, "I'm not fixin' to make any changes around here right away." Whoo hoo, did I have a field day after that! Of course, now both of us get kidded about it.
Fixin' to get off this computer in Las Vegas, I am . . .
Robbie
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