 This is one of them. If you say things like, y'all fixing to head out, you'll be tagged as a Texan most everywhere. Why? Because you used the words y'all and fixing to in the same sentence. But I'm not here to talk about y'all, y'all. I'm here to talk about fixing to. Fixing to is the national verb of Texas. Certainly you find it in use in other states, but it is particularly pervasive in Texas. For many of us, it is the default verb for anything to do with the near future.