'Imma' has been around for some time. This summer, I stumbled upon an instance from 1968: Art Blakey Quintet's A Night At Birdland, Vol. 2 [Live], the end of track 4, Now's The Time: "Yes, sir, Imma stay with the youngsters. When these get too old, Imma get some younger ones." For the clip and more discussion, see Language Log: <http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2322> Best, Brett ----------------------- Brett Reynolds English Language Centre Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Toronto, Ontario, Canada [log in to unmask] To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/