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"Julian Thomas" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: OT: English Usage (was: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: WiFI) |
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Fri, 19 May 2006 18:29:43 -0400 |
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"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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In <list-118014@2rosenthals.com>, on 05/19/06
at 06:02 PM, "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
typed:
>BTW, I agree entirely with your use of gybing, which jives (here we go
>again!!) with my understanding and usage (hey, I live on an island, and
>have spent much of my life on boats, powered and otherwise).
I broke down and checked a dictionary. gybe and jibe are variants of
each other. I suspect that gybe is more a UK usage, which is why jibe was
in my vocabulary.
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