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Steppemum, bring and take are indeed different, but the usage is different in different dialects.

In Hiberno-English (from Wikipedia, sorry):

"Bring and take: Irish use of these words differs from that of British English because it follows the Gaelic grammar for beir and tóg. English usage is determined by direction; person determines Irish usage. So, in English, one takes "from here to there", and brings it "to here from there". In Irish, a person takes only when accepting a transfer of possession of the object from someone else – and a person brings at all other times, irrespective of direction (to or from).

Don't forget to bring your umbrella with you when you leave.
(To a child) Hold my hand: I don't want someone to take you."

I often find myself bringing things when an English person would take them. (and in these situations, the past tense is often brung, not brought!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English#Grammar_and_syntax

There's a large sign outside a local school for its Toy Library inviting you to "come and lend some exciting toys today".

Sigh.

bring and take

THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!!!!!!

(feel better now, rant over)

And god yes, 2kidsintow. "Can I lend some money" is quite a common phrase round these parts. One friend in particular, looks very confused when I reply "yes please" .

What is r..isle..ing you Chaos? Or, r..aisle..ing you obviously .

Yup.

I'm "good".

[wikn]

Serious;y, NO.

You OK, Chaos?

I was marking exams recently where an answer involved an aisle. There were many isles involved in the answers I marked.

lol....

I'm personally annoyed (slightly) by the number of my friends etc that don't know the difference between

borrow/lend
less/fewer
specific/pacific

Slow typing! And confused by question now!!

Isn't one like a supermarket aisle? Or walking up the church aisle?

Wheras isle is like an island?

<<eyeroll>>

Yus, I know.

Are you seriously asking? Or is this a common error that's annoying you?

an aisle is what you get in shops and isle is an island

Aisle in a church, isle surrounded by water

Huh?

Huh?

Hhu?