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When they grow up, if enough of them still say "lended", it will be put into the dictionary.

Lended is also an Americanism.

That one I understand. It was an exception anyway; lended is more straightforward. Like 'builded' vs 'built'. The sign on our old 1800-era edifice says "Builded 1838" so I guess they used to use that (or at least write it that way)

Indeed. Language evolves, or we'd all be speaking PIE. Just sounds funny to my fossilised ear.

Idiocracy.

I've heard "lent" but never "lended".

"I lent a pen off him", "he lent me a pen". Could be a Northern thing though.

Turns out "lent" is actually the past tense of "lend". Not sure where my head was this afternoon.

'lended + from' is new to me, only heard 'lended + to' in the past...

One I noticed in popular use a few years ago (Canada): the word "itch" as a verb, i.e.: "I itched it" "he was itching himself"

Sounds odd to me.