You've probably never been in Minnesota, where it is used all the time. Fritz J >>> wilson.gray at RCN.COM 07/14/05 12:51PM >>> Heard on the tube: So, I decided to borrow [i.e. lend, loan] him the $2,000. FWIW, I don't think that I've heard this before. I'm more accustomed to hearing the reverse: "lend, loan" used in place of "borrow." -Wilson Gray