Its funny to me that the most interesting threads about some/all and
parts/whole relationships often degenerate into terminology. Is the
subject matter the relationships or the titles? (01)
Deborah MacPherson (02)
On 7/31/07, Duane Nickull <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Randall:
>
> Fearing complete ignorance, I rushed out to validate only to find some
> conflicting data and ambiguity. I probably should have used Jibe but found
> some equal data to suggest the opposite.
>
> Jive = a dance style made popular by African Americans in the early part of
> the century. In Western Canada, the slang use of "jive" equals the meaning
> of "news" as in "the daily jive". It was also used in the context of
> "that's some jive music" meaning really good.
>
> It has also been rumored to be used by the great BB king to mean the
> opposite (jive = false). Cannot find a reference to that though. Later use
> of terms like "jive talking" were made famous by the BeeGees.
>
> The original use of jives vs jibes if probably due to someone's bad ears.
> I would have certainly been guilty as I use both. Would love to see how the
> whole mess evolved.
>
> And yes -
>
> ;-)
>
> Is my standard 'wink' message as a reminder not to take anything too
> seriously, including this message. I'm just jive talkin.
>
> Woot!
>
> D
>
>
>
>
> On 7/31/07 5:19 PM, "Randall R Schulz" <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 31 July 2007 16:54, Duane Nickull wrote:
> >> Peter:
> >>
> >> That jives with my beliefs, as crooked and warped as they may be.
> >
> > It's "jibes." "That _jibes_ with my beliefs..."
> >
> > Jive is something else, entirely. For one thing, it's a noun (in modern
> > colloquial usage. The early 20th century use is now obsolete.)
> >
> >
> >> ;-)
> >
> > Or is this the message?
> >
> >
> >> /d
> >
> >
> > RRS
> >
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