I bet you never would have guessed who the Patron Saint of Pawnbroking is. Strange but true. Click here for full details. Fonts may cause some problems. Help me expand the list or correct any mistakes.
Most pawnbrokers say, in their advertising, that they LOAN money, as in the painting above.
You can't LOAN anything. You can lend or make a loan, but you can't loan. It is a noun and does nothing, it just sits there. Maybe a bit pedantic but at least I got it off my chest. Not sure were it comes from or what it's about.