jibe/jive, needs washed

[Baker, John]

        I remember people using jive for jibe in the 1970s.  My high school principal (south central Kentucky, 1973 - 1977) used to do it in particular.  I haven't heard it so much since then, but that may be because the words jibe and jive themselves have become less common.

John Baker


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From: Anne Rogers [mailto:AnneR at HKUSA.COM]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:18 PM
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Subject: jibe/jive, needs washed


Perhaps this is because in my job we're constantly talking about making sure
things agree with each other, but I've heard two different people say
something similar to this in the last two days:

jive for jibe (to be in accord, agree): "We've got to make sure the finished
art jives with the art manuscript."

Is this a common substitution that other people have heard?