Fixing to go or getting ready to go

[ostap77]

"I'm fixing to go"( Is it correct? Heard some people say it)

OR

"I'm getting ready to go"

 

[SoothingDave]

"Fixing to..." is a regional expression found in the US South.

 

[ostap77]

"Fixing to..." is a regional expression found in the US South.

Is it educated or uneducated?

 

[philadelphia]

Dave answered rightly

 

[SoothingDave]

Is it educated or uneducated?

Educated. There is nothing wrong with the grammar. It's just not an expression used widely in the language.

 

[Pedroski]

Know this old song from Bob Dylan?

Feeling funny in my mind, Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die