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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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.