Thank you, Walt. That one bothered me too.
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
On Mar 4, 2004, at 6:55 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
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> The night was dark, the sky was blue;
> Down the alley the speech cops flew.
> There was a crash, a scream was heard;
> A man was killed by a misused word.
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> A recent flurry of repetitions of the same offense has prompted
> the speech police to issue the following alert. The culprits'
> names will not be made public and, in fact, have been forgotten
> and/or changed to protect the innocent.
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> "Jive" as a noun: Swing music or the dancing performed to it.
> Glib, deceptive or foolish talk, the jargon of hipsters, a special
> jargon of difficult or slang terms.
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> "Jive" as a verb: To tease, cajole, to speak deceptively.
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> Usage example: "I find out you be jivin' me, man, I pop a cap in
> yo' ass."
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> "Jibe," always a verb (omitting the sailing-related definitions):
> To be in accord, to agree with.
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> Usage example: "Your figures and the government's figures don't
> jibe, so it looks like somebody's going to jail."
>
> Please excuse the interruption. You may now go back to whatever
> you were doing previously.
>
> This announcement was made necessary due to circumstances beyond
> my control, and I hope no one takes offense. My mother, both
> grandmothers (a.k.a. competitive babysitters), three aunts, an
> uncle, several cousins, and at least one ex-wife were or are
> teachers. The overwhelming, unrelenting and insidiously
> subversive influence they have had on me has resulted in my having
> a streak of schoolmarm in me that I am unable to control at
> times. This has been one of those times.
>
> Walt, living proof that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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