Panda’s non-word of the day

28 November 2012

learnings

[noun]

‘Learnings’ is not a word. However, it has found its way into corporate usage even though it is completely incorrect. If you feel the need to use the word, then desist immediately and use something that is a word, such as ‘findings’, or get creative and reword the sentence so that you can avoid such a grammatical faux pas.

Today’s aphorism

‘If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.’

– Malcolm X

On this day

28 November 1968 – death of Enid Blyton, British author of numerous series of children’s stories, including ‘Noddy‘, ‘Famous Five‘, and ‘Secret Seven‘. (Born 1897).

28 November 1990 – UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher formally tenders her resignation following disendorsement by her Cabinet on 22 November 1990.

28 November 1994 – U.S. serial killer and cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, bashed to death while cleaning a prison toilet. Dahmer was serving 15 life sentences for the murder of 15 men and boys. He had initially faced 17 murder charges, but this had been reduced.