TranscriptionA drawing of a naked person being dragged away by a green demon; the drawing is surrounded by a border with various drawn mussels and clams. The caption reads “Monk 1: What are you drawing? Monk 2: A poor soul being dragged to hell by demons. Monk 1: Cool! And what are you planning to use as a border? Monk 2: I'm thinking freshwater mussels. Monk 1: That's really perfect.”

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[–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Fun fact: it’s “jibe” not “jive” - https://www.grammarly.com/commonly-confused-words/jibe-vs-jive

Please don’t take this as me being an asshole, it’s just that English is my second language, and I find this kind of stuff fascinating.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Second-language English speaker correcting first-language speaker - are you Dutch by any chance?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Jibe is also a term from sailing meaning to reset a sail attached to a boom

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/jibe

    try not to get too caught up on the dictionary meaning of words, languages are living, to jive with something could to dance together

    interesting that jive and jibe have the b/v in them so can be easy to mix them either way

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