I've always thought that gonna is used so incredibly often that it really should be considered a word. Who really takes the time to say "going to" in their every day life-every single time? I think it's about time we add it to the dictionary. Agree?
2006-07-12 16:42:08 · 16 answers · asked by kid_at_heart 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, that would just encourage people to keep saying it.
2006-07-12 18:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by HoneyB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't totally agree with you. I do agree that gonna is already widely used in the world. However, the contraction of the phrase "going to" (gonna) doesn't seem too formal. Words in our dictionary today are formal in nature (i think :) )
I think it needs more time before it can be accepted as something formal because as of now we recognize it as a slang/contraction of the aforementioned phrase.
Unless you or anyone else wants a revolution in our dicitonary. :)
2006-07-12 23:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree... if people have taken the liberty of adding blah-blah-blah in the dictionary (*no joke-- I noticed it in a dictionary while looking up another word!*) i think gonna should definitely be added. There is other slang in the dictionary as well, and gonna is slang- therefore it should be added!
2006-07-13 00:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by defy gravity! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would help to have "gonna" in foreign dictionaries so foreigners are not surprised when they talk to Americans and don't understand what they are talking about.
I am not sure that "gonna" should be treated as a word and become part of grammar.
2006-07-13 01:23:26 · answer #4 · answered by xena790 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you find it in any good dictionary, but marked as 'slang' or 'fast speech'.
2006-07-12 23:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by J9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the English language is already fractured by slang and Ebonics, you don't want the whole world to think the Americans are all hillbillies do you?
2006-07-12 23:50:31 · answer #6 · answered by thelogicalferret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it already is:
gonna |ËgônÉ; ËgÉnÉ| informal contraction of going to : we're gonna win this game.
2006-07-12 23:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by Kryztal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might already be in the red neck version.
2006-07-12 23:46:02 · answer #8 · answered by macajdc4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It oughta be by next year!
2006-07-12 23:47:58 · answer #9 · answered by Danger, Will Robinson! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If D'oh is in there, then gonna should as well.
2006-07-12 23:48:29 · answer #10 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋