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I hate finna more than all the others.
it's AAVE, not made up, and there's literally no reason why "gonna" should be more legit. it's the exact same construction.
“Going to” is far superior to “fixing to,” so I don’t know what you are talking about.
Why do you think it's superior?
That’s a fair question. My most honest answer isn’t a very good one: I can’t stand it.
Linguistically, I don’t get it. “Fixing to” doesn’t seem to offer any benefit over “about to” or “going to” and as far as I can tell it doesn’t have any logical meaning at all.
but that's not how language works. if you're gonna dissect parts of phrases like this, "about to" makes even less sense.
So, just for clarification, you're ok with "boutta"?