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theandrewbaileytoday at 10:21 AM2 repliesview on HN

For me, its "learnings" and "performant". We've had "lessons" and "fast"; what do those words not capture?


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xdennistoday at 10:48 AM

If you're not an English speaker, it's even more aggravating when speakers of your language replace common words with English ones to sound more sophisticated/corporate. So instead of using the native word for "knowledge", they'd use "know-how". (Of course using more common words like "knowledge" or "skill" are not good enough, you need something that sounds more sophisticated to the foreign ear, like "know-how".)

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toshtoday at 10:37 AM

performant is more loaded than 'fast'