On 20/07/2019 09:48, A. Dumas wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 19/07/2019 20:21, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>> Gybe? Don't know that word.
>>
>> Verb
>> 1 be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
>> characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The
>> handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's
>> fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond,
>> check, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disagree]
>> 2 shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
>> [syn: gybe, jib, change course]
>> User Contributed Dictionary
>> English
>> Alternative spellings
>>
>> gibe
>> gybe
>
> This is funny because his first name is Dutch for jib.
>
>
Used to live in the UK for some years. It was always fun when I used my
first name ...
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