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Yeah "learnings" is just corpspeak for "lessons" because it seems more sophisticated (to some people).

• matijash 5y ago
  yeah, "Fundraising lessons learned post-YC" prob would have been better, thanks.
  • staunch 5y ago
    To be clear, since someone else was confused: I wasn't being critical of you for using this word. If anything, being a non-native English speaker is the one valid excuse for using corpspeak in earnest :-)
    • matijash 5y ago
      No worries, appreciate it, but I didn't feel attacked! Also learned a new word (corpspeak) :)
• kaycebasques 5y ago
  This is a bit harsh and assumes mal-intent. The author said in another comment they are not a native speaker. From the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
  • staunch 5y ago
    If you were following the guidelines yourself, you would have assumed my comment was not targeted at the author at all, which it was not. And you would most definitely not assume I was criticizing someone for their language skills...