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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by erhaetherth on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:51AM (#36238184)
No, Americans only know brand names because #capitalism.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by gwd on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:06AM (#36238689)
...that's why everyone in the UK has a Hoover. The most common term I've heard for {acetominophen, ibuprofen, etc} in the US is "pain killer".
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by mcv on Thursday June 08, 2023 @06:06AM (#36239476)
So aggressive. In Dutch it's a pijnstiller, or "pain silencer".
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