Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:25:43 -0500
From: frank abate abatef[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM
Subject: Re: standardization of non-standard forms

Another pretty common misunderstanding is the use of "jive" where "jibe" =
is
technically correct, as in:

Their view on the issue and mine do not jibe.

I hear "jive" for "jibe" in such cases, more often "jive", I think. =

Influence of once very frequent slang "jive", I suppose, and the relative=

unfamiliarity and lower frequency of "jibe".

Frank Abate
OUP US Dictionaries