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.
--
Julian Thomas: jt@jt-mj.net http://jt-mj.net
In the beautiful Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State!
Warpstock X - October 12-15 2006; Windsor, Ont. I'll be there - will you?
-- --
To a cat, "NO!" means "Not while I'm looking."
Nazaj na seznam