Date:  Sat, 18 Nov 1995 15:34:00 -0500

From:  Bob Haas <rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>

Subject: Re: Fixinto



On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Mary E. Zeigler wrote:



> We at Georgia State are working on the use of "fixinto" and her family in

> Metropolitan Atlanta. Can you give us leads on historical studies as

> well as more recent studies--impirical or otherwise-- on this term?



Mary,



Why "fixinto," why one word? Where did you get this spelling? I'm

interested simply because it would seem to run the separate words

together and I very much see the term as two words--fixin' to . . .

whatever one is fixin' to. Just curious.



Bob Haas

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hamlet.uncg.edu