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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by reaperducer on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @06:48PM (#36234730)
The first one wouldn't be confusing, if it was plainly called Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech.

Do you seriously not know that a speech is an "address?"

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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by tapland on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @08:01PM (#36235362)
The translator apparently did not, and it would probably have been fine if it was actually called Speach.

that was the entire point of the comment

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