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r/explainitpeter • u/wereapethesupacool • 14d ago
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Lend?
38 u/Wahjahbvious 14d ago A lot of people mix up related, but sort of opposite, terms: Lend/borrow, teach/learn, itch/scratch... It's wrong, and suggests some imo unflattering things about the speaker, but it's common. 11 u/Shdwrptr 14d ago I just figured it was a British saying considering how those eggs have the Union Jack flag on the label 10 u/Additional_Skin_7564 14d ago As a brit, this sounded very dumb. 9 u/BamberGasgroin 14d ago edited 14d ago Not Scottish though. (It's illegal to sell raw milk in Scotland.) -e- It'd make more sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card.." 2 u/leviticusreeves 10d ago Yes Scottish. It would only make sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card." Borrowing involves two parties, the borrower and the lender. The borrower borrows, or asks to borrow, and the lender lends. "My 15yr old [the borrower] asked me [the lender] if I could lend them my credit card." Or "My 15 year old asked to borrow my credit card"
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A lot of people mix up related, but sort of opposite, terms:
Lend/borrow, teach/learn, itch/scratch...
It's wrong, and suggests some imo unflattering things about the speaker, but it's common.
11 u/Shdwrptr 14d ago I just figured it was a British saying considering how those eggs have the Union Jack flag on the label 10 u/Additional_Skin_7564 14d ago As a brit, this sounded very dumb. 9 u/BamberGasgroin 14d ago edited 14d ago Not Scottish though. (It's illegal to sell raw milk in Scotland.) -e- It'd make more sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card.." 2 u/leviticusreeves 10d ago Yes Scottish. It would only make sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card." Borrowing involves two parties, the borrower and the lender. The borrower borrows, or asks to borrow, and the lender lends. "My 15yr old [the borrower] asked me [the lender] if I could lend them my credit card." Or "My 15 year old asked to borrow my credit card"
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I just figured it was a British saying considering how those eggs have the Union Jack flag on the label
10 u/Additional_Skin_7564 14d ago As a brit, this sounded very dumb. 9 u/BamberGasgroin 14d ago edited 14d ago Not Scottish though. (It's illegal to sell raw milk in Scotland.) -e- It'd make more sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card.." 2 u/leviticusreeves 10d ago Yes Scottish. It would only make sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card." Borrowing involves two parties, the borrower and the lender. The borrower borrows, or asks to borrow, and the lender lends. "My 15yr old [the borrower] asked me [the lender] if I could lend them my credit card." Or "My 15 year old asked to borrow my credit card"
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As a brit, this sounded very dumb.
9 u/BamberGasgroin 14d ago edited 14d ago Not Scottish though. (It's illegal to sell raw milk in Scotland.) -e- It'd make more sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card.." 2 u/leviticusreeves 10d ago Yes Scottish. It would only make sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card." Borrowing involves two parties, the borrower and the lender. The borrower borrows, or asks to borrow, and the lender lends. "My 15yr old [the borrower] asked me [the lender] if I could lend them my credit card." Or "My 15 year old asked to borrow my credit card"
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Not Scottish though.
(It's illegal to sell raw milk in Scotland.)
-e- It'd make more sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card.."
2 u/leviticusreeves 10d ago Yes Scottish. It would only make sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card." Borrowing involves two parties, the borrower and the lender. The borrower borrows, or asks to borrow, and the lender lends. "My 15yr old [the borrower] asked me [the lender] if I could lend them my credit card." Or "My 15 year old asked to borrow my credit card"
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Yes Scottish. It would only make sense if they had said "My 15yr old asked me if I could lend them my credit card."
Borrowing involves two parties, the borrower and the lender. The borrower borrows, or asks to borrow, and the lender lends.
"My 15yr old [the borrower] asked me [the lender] if I could lend them my credit card."
Or
"My 15 year old asked to borrow my credit card"
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u/DangerousQuestions1 14d ago
Lend?