os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Messaggio archiviato #2059

Da: "Julian Thomas" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Intestazioni complete
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Oggetto: Re: [OS2Wireless]OT: English Usage
Data: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:35:50 -0400
A: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

In <list-116905@2rosenthals.com>, on 05/19/06
   at 09:38 AM, "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
typed:

>I tend to think of "jibe" as meaning a jest, and
>"jive" as a meshing together. That said, even Merriam-Webster doesn't
>define "jibe" (a variant of "gibe") as a meshing together, but rather
>only as the more common jest.

I think sailing, when the boat (or wind) turns so that the wind catches
the trailing edge of the sail and whips it to the other side, sometimes
quite violently.
 
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