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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by madcaptenor on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:45PM (#36232444)
There's an American sprinter named Tyson Gay. Or, as some conservative media referred to him, Tyson Homosexual. (https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=294)
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by arp242 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:13PM (#36232870)
We'll all be homosexual when Johnny comes marching home.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by jwestbury on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:47AM (#36240970)
The best part of this link was learning about Reuters saying Queen Elizabeth lays 2000 eggs per day.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by madcaptenor on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:13AM (#36242202)
I missed that!
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