20 Preston’s 50-Year Love Affair Oklahoma is a state of contrasts, says linguist Dennis Preston, but “fixin’ to” is the great equalizer. “All Oklahomans like ‘fixin’ to,’” says Preston, with a twinkle in his eye,“even those fancy pants smart alecks in Tulsa. They all say ‘fixin’ to.’ They wouldn’t say ‘pin’ and ‘pen’ the same if you paid them. And they certainly wouldn’t say things like ‘might could’ and a lot of other southernisms Oklahomans use, but ‘fixin’ to’ seems to be a matter of state pride.”
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