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minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoI mean it’s as made up as any other slang
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agowhy do i never hear someone bitch about “gonna” then
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYou’re not old enough. Teachers bitched about ‘gonna’ when I was a kid, it’s old hat now.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoyou got me there; i was born a century too late in the 1900s.
minus-squareObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoBecause “gonna” is centuries old, while “finna” only started getting popular around 2010. Not exactly an apples to apples comparison, ‘younger’ slang is always going to be less ‘familiar’/‘normal’-sounding.
I mean it’s as made up as any other slang
why do i never hear someone bitch about “gonna” then
You’re not old enough. Teachers bitched about ‘gonna’ when I was a kid, it’s old hat now.
you got me there; i was born a century too late in the 1900s.
Because “gonna” is centuries old, while “finna” only started getting popular around 2010.
Not exactly an apples to apples comparison, ‘younger’ slang is always going to be less ‘familiar’/‘normal’-sounding.