>>>I was like that at that age. Then, probably around age 13 or so, I took it on myself to shorten my list of things I don't eat as a part of growing up. Somewhere along the way I switched from "but I never ate THAT!" to "mmm... I never ate that".
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>>Dragan, don't let yourself be dragged down to US grammar!
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>>"but I have never eaten THAT!" to "mmm... I have never eaten that".

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>Now which one of those... never mind, I give up.

No both are correct just as both were US incorrect :-)


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>>My 11 YO went through a few firsts last week:
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>>- She drank real OJ (as there was no cranberry left!), as opposed to diluted squash
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>They sell strawberry+apple (or some similar mix with apple) here, branded as "snapple". I wonder why they don't brand cranberry+apple in the same manner.
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>>- I discovered that she has, ahem, signs of growing up
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>Next thing is that she discovers some signs that you're getting old.
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>>- she lent her old man £20 to go out for a drink (I hadn't been the bank) :-)
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>Our kids always like to borrow petty cash to us, because they usually get back more :).

That's a Scouse usage of the verb. In liverpool they say "Borrow me a fiver" and "No I will not let you lend any more off me"