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Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by robocat on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:24PM (#29030482)
In New Zealand 'borrow' can be used to mean lend (transitively).

'I will borrow you that book' means I will lend it to you, just to give an example of a word changing to its opposite meaning.

Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by macdice on Thursday October 28, 2021 @10:21PM (#29034471)
I'm in New Zealand and I've never heard that; I feel like I might have heard it somewhere when I lived in England though. There are definitely oddities in NZ though; the NZ press uses the word "trespass" in a very strange way that seems to be somehow backwards: https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/126753711/timaru-...

One I've noticed that is US vs UK/NZ/AU/...: "bring him with you" vs "take him with you", which has a directional component in British usage that I can't quite explain (away from the speaker maybe?) that the Americans don't do.

Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by gsinclair on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:36AM (#29039723)
“A woman who was trespassed by two Timaru supermarkets for failing to comply with mandatory mask wearing rules, …”

I’m Australian (NZ-adjacent) and have no idea what that means.

Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by macdice on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:17PM (#29043092)
From a nearby reply there is a clue that it's a new Americanism. I have to resist the urge to send a complaint... I'm not ready to become an old geezer who complains about things changing. But I admit that I grit my teeth when people talk about their 'gas bill' and I genuinely don't know whether they're talking about petrol or heating gas, or say "gotten" instead of "got", etc etc; there's no way to say "but we're supposed to use British words here" without sounding like an arse...
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by monkeybutton on Thursday October 28, 2021 @10:45PM (#29034616)
French has the directional component specifically for people (amener vs emmener) which could have influenced British English like many other words and phrasings, or it could have just been lost/simplified in American English.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by cleansingfire on Thursday October 28, 2021 @11:21PM (#29034818)
I've heard trespass used that way in the US (prosecute for trespassing) by police officers. It surprised me, but was perfectly clear in context.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by int_19h on Sunday October 31, 2021 @06:32PM (#29061114)
I have never seen it used the way it's used in the article.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by diroussel on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:43PM (#29030779)
Borrow is used like this some times in working class England too. But this form is frowned upon in more ‘educated’ circles.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by dll on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:56AM (#29036626)
It's quite often used this way in Wales. It makes a lot more sense when you realise that borrow and lend both translate to "benthyg" in Welsh.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by lisper on Thursday October 28, 2021 @09:23PM (#29034160)
In the U.S. South, "learn" can mean "teach", as in: "I'm gonna learn you some manners, young man!"
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by jacquesm on Thursday October 28, 2021 @06:29PM (#29032848)
Same in Dutch. 'Ik leen geld van de bank. De bank leent geld aan mij.'
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by Misdicorl on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:51PM (#29030908)
Also super common in northern Wisconsin
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by patrickk on Thursday October 28, 2021 @04:42PM (#29031669)
Perhaps because of the German influence?

Anecdotally, today in Germany, it’s really tricky for Germans with a very strong grasp of English to distinguish between ‘borrow’ and ‘lend’.

Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by verve_rat on Thursday October 28, 2021 @04:21PM (#29031396)
I'm a Kiwi. I've never heard it used like that?
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by robocat on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:45PM (#29043316)
Rural South Island. I should have said I don't think it is at all common here. Perhaps it is just locally picked up from some Brits.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by foldingmoney on Thursday October 28, 2021 @05:42PM (#29032420)
likewise.
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by hardlianotion on Friday October 29, 2021 @08:30AM (#29037652)
Borrow me your book quite common in Nigeria also
Re:In 1783, an English rector predicted black holes using cl... by pie_R_sqrd on Thursday October 28, 2021 @08:29PM (#29033848)
Spanish as well.