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On 02/01/2016 20:46, Mr Macaw wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 03:41:41 -0000, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> wrote:

>>    It will surely filter down to all speakers from there. Frankly
>>    I think it sounds more educated than "dived" and is
>>    more specific than "jumped".
>
> Would you say jove for the past tense of jive?  Love for the past tense
> of live?

Drove for the past tense of drive... oh, wait...

-- 
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland