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Borrowing and lending dh can't ever get it right.

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Gorjuss · 09/04/2013 19:11

My dh continues to use the expression borrow and lend the wrong way round, claiming in front of dds that it doesn't make a difference and I am being awkward by pointing it out.

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TheSurgeonsMate · 10/04/2013 09:34

Steppemum - interesting! As I understand it, in Welsh you don't say Yes, but just confirm the point asked. "Can you swim?" "I can." Can any Welsh speakers confirm this?

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ILikeBirds · 10/04/2013 09:52

Logically though you can only remember things yourself, if you want someone else to remember something you remind them. It's why it sounds so wrong to me even if it has historical usage.

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lashingsofbingeinghere · 10/04/2013 09:57

Back in the North West, us kids would say "Give us a lend of your bike."

But I still know the difference between lend and borrow .

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rtc8608 · 10/04/2013 10:00

The ultimate annoying phrase when I was at school - 'Can I lend a pen'!

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AnyoneforTurps · 10/04/2013 10:18

Logically though you can only remember things yourself

We tend to use it more like that but actually it can mean "call to mind" more generally.

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