Date:    Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:25:43 -0500
<br>From:    frank abate  abatef[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM 
<br>Subject: Re: standardization of non-standard forms
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<br>Another pretty common misunderstanding is the use of "jive" where "jibe" =
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<br>technically correct, as in:
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<br>        Their view on the issue and mine do not jibe.
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<br>I hear "jive" for "jibe" in such cases, more often "jive", I think. =
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<br>Influence of once very frequent slang "jive", I suppose, and the relative=
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<br>unfamiliarity and lower frequency of "jibe".
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<br>Frank Abate
<br>OUP US Dictionaries
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