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Except for my Arkansas relatives who are always “fixin’” to do something.

• adventured 5y ago
  In my observation the primary difference between the two is that the statement of I'm fixin to do a thing rarely refers to immediately / now; whereas "I'm going to go ahead and put the cake in the oven" means essentially right now. Versus: "I'm fixin to put the cake in the oven" would be sometime in the next N minutes, when I get a free moment to do so. I'm going to go ahead and do a thing - can be used for any time (eg as a confirmation, I'm going to go ahead and mow the lawn (referring to later today at 4pm, confirming intent)). I'm fixin to do a thing - is more often a delayed action set into the future (by at least several minutes) and can be used for any longer timeframe as well, and is often less definite of a statement (fixin usually means I'm going to attempt to, if I can get around to it; or I'm going to try to get to it).