Comments on: Ask Brent – Fast Fixing And A Mess Of Mechanical Maneuvers

By: Brent Diggs

Brent Diggs — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:38:24 +0000

Ashbrook -As in, “I reckon you’ll be fixin’ to buy a new car”?…Stranger things have happened.

Lynn -A debt postponed is an expected mercy. Take the money, and the bus, and run.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:21:51 +0000

So, if I buy a new car and the dealership says that they are fixing to get started on my loan paperwork, should I run while I still can?

By: Mechanical Measurements | the Ominous Comma

Mechanical Measurements | the Ominous Comma — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:02:14 +0000

[...] See for yourself in my latest column for MemphisConnect: Fixin’ to Fix. [...]

By: Ashbrook

Ashbrook — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:31:07 +0000

“Fixin to” is definitely vernacular peculiar to the southern US.

When I moved from California to Alabama (all those years ago) and first heard someone say “fixing” to do something, I cringed with all my facial muscles. I’m much more comfortable with the phrase now and MAY have actually said it a time or two (shhhhh…don’t tell anyone).

At least I’ve never said “I reckon” and would never want to hear those words come out of a mechanic’s mouth!