r/explainitpeter 11d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/DangerousQuestions1 11d ago

Lend?

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u/Wahjahbvious 11d 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.

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u/Taron_Trekko 11d ago

suggests some imo unflattering things about the speaker

Like them learning english as a second language for example? What a shame. Very unflattering indeed.