Jill from Maryville, Missouri, and her 11-year-old son Ryan are wondering about the phrases I have a hankering to do something and I’m fixing to do something. Growing up in East Central Nebraska, Jill heard family and friends use them synonymously...
Elise, a seventh-grade teacher in Dallas, Texas, noticed her students using finna in speech and notes, as in finna go to the store. It’s a tight contraction of fixing to, meaning “about to,” common in the American South and Gulf States and also in...
If someone says he finna go, he means he’s leaving. But finna? Grant has the final word about finna. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Finna” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Franklin. I’m calling from Monon, Indiana...
