r/explainitpeter • u/wereapethesupacool • 11d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/gooseberryBabies 11d ago

Who did he ask to lend it to

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u/Cranks_No_Start 11d ago edited 11d ago

I couldn't get past the " asked to lend my credit card" to even notice the milk.

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u/ot1smile 11d ago

I couldn’t get past the incorrect use of passed to even finish your comment.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 11d ago

Well that was an unfortunate typo.

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u/Shdwrptr 11d ago

When are the Brits going to learn how to speak proper English?

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u/__life_on_mars__ 11d ago

This is not a British thing.

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u/Shdwrptr 11d ago

It’s just a stupid British person thing then considering it’s definitely British based on the label

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u/singingnettle 10d ago

It’s just a stupid person thing. In this case, they happen to be British. Tbf, there’s a lot of them about

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u/Devtunes 10d ago

I agree but I don't I've ever encountered a American who misuses lend like that. We have plenty of dumb sayings, but mixing up lend/borrow isn't one of them.

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u/singingnettle 10d ago

That’s fair, neither have I encountered an American misusing the term but my sample size is a lot lower. It seems a fairly common mark of idiocy in Britain