Maybe it is a cultural thing but we in the south do not "fixing", we always "fixin".....no g at the end.
Is it an educational thing??ÿ
Interestingly (to me anyway), a few years ago on the TV game show "Wheel of Fortune" a contestant's answer?ÿwas denied as correct because?ÿthe final "g" in a word ending in "ing" was not pronounced.?ÿ There was little the contestant could do because of a waiver they sign prior to the show acknowledging the judges as the final say on any answer.?ÿ But it did start a minor firestorm on social media about whether the Southern enunciation that so often 'drops' the "g" is proper or not.
I'm not sure if anybody's mind was changed, but I did agree with one scholar's explanation.?ÿ He asserted that while the spelling may include the letter "g" common vernacular in some areas of the country choose to make it a silent "g".?ÿ One argument exampled the?ÿpronunciation by some folks?ÿof the word "about" spoken as "aboot".?ÿ I felt that was a good example of regional dialect defying phonetics.
I also drop the "g" sound in my speech (have all my life)?ÿand don't consider it improper English.?ÿ But my personal English also includes the word "gonna"?ÿas a contraction of the two words "going to". 😉
Beginning in earnest about 25 years ago the south began to be flooded by economic refugees from up north. I frequently encounter folks from Illinois, Detroit, Joysey, etc. It seems they all made their former lands of Eden a crime and tax infested hell on earth so they want to spread the misery and bring it down here. Anyway every once in a while one of them has that god awful Boston or Minnesota accent with the typical southern style speech inflections of a dropped "g".
Picture someone from Minnesota talking like they are from Alabama. They must have watched Sling Blade a lot.
Beginning in earnest about 25 years ago the south began to be flooded by economic refugees from up north. I frequently encounter folks from Illinois, Detroit, Joysey, etc. ....
