For further clarity, it's a shortening of "fitting to" just like how "gonna" is a shortening of "going to." As BremboTheFourth said, the two are synonymous.
For further clarity, it's a shortening of "fitting to" just like how "gonna" is a shortening of "going to." As BremboTheFourth said, the two are synonymous.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
While you’re on the right track, it’s fixing to, which to be honest doesn’t make any sense
Hazor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wiktionary suggests both “fixing to” and “fitting to” are used synonymously. Fwiw, in Tennessee, I only ever hear “fixing to”. As someone who learned English outside of the southern US, it makes little sense to me also. But what makes even less sense to me is people saying “trying to” to mean “want to”.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Huh, I’ve never heard anyone say fitting to.
Trying to make more sense to me, because you haven’t done what you’re attempting, but you are attempting