Index: src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
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--- src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	(revision 38951)
+++ src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	(working copy)
@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@
 
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr>
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Default article settings'); ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Default article settings'); ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Default post settings'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Default post settings'); ?></span></legend>
 <label for="default_pingback_flag">
 <input name="default_pingback_flag" type="checkbox" id="default_pingback_flag" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('default_pingback_flag')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article'); ?></label>
+<?php _e('Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the post'); ?></label>
 <br />
 <label for="default_ping_status">
 <input name="default_ping_status" type="checkbox" id="default_ping_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_option('default_ping_status')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new articles'); ?></label>
+<?php _e('Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new posts'); ?></label>
 <br />
 <label for="default_comment_status">
 <input name="default_comment_status" type="checkbox" id="default_comment_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_option('default_comment_status')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Allow people to post comments on new articles'); ?></label>
+<?php _e('Allow people to submit comments on new posts'); ?></label>
 <br />
-<p class="description"><?php echo '(' . __( 'These settings may be overridden for individual articles.' ) . ')'; ?></p>
+<p class="description"><?php echo '(' . __( 'These settings may be overridden for individual posts.' ) . ')'; ?></p>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 <label for="close_comments_for_old_posts">
 <input name="close_comments_for_old_posts" type="checkbox" id="close_comments_for_old_posts" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('close_comments_for_old_posts')); ?> />
-<?php printf( __('Automatically close comments on articles older than %s days'), '</label><label for="close_comments_days_old"><input name="close_comments_days_old" type="number" min="0" step="1" id="close_comments_days_old" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('close_comments_days_old')) . '" class="small-text" />'); ?>
+<?php printf( __('Automatically close comments on posts older than %s days'), '</label><label for="close_comments_days_old"><input name="close_comments_days_old" type="number" min="0" step="1" id="close_comments_days_old" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('close_comments_days_old')) . '" class="small-text" />'); ?>
 </label>
 <br />
 <label for="thread_comments">
Index: src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
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--- src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	(revision 38951)
+++ src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	(working copy)
@@ -546,12 +546,12 @@
 				'option'        => 'large_size_h'
 			),
 			'default_comment_status' => array(
-				'desc'          => __( 'Allow people to post comments on new articles' ),
+				'desc'          => __( 'Allow people to submit comments on new posts' ),
 				'readonly'      => false,
 				'option'        => 'default_comment_status'
 			),
 			'default_ping_status' => array(
-				'desc'          => __( 'Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new articles' ),
+				'desc'          => __( 'Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new posts' ),
 				'readonly'      => false,
 				'option'        => 'default_ping_status'
 			)
Index: src/wp-admin/options-reading.php
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--- src/wp-admin/options-reading.php	(revision 38951)
+++ src/wp-admin/options-reading.php	(working copy)
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
 <td><input name="posts_per_rss" type="number" step="1" min="1" id="posts_per_rss" value="<?php form_option( 'posts_per_rss' ); ?>" class="small-text" /> <?php _e( 'items' ); ?></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<th scope="row"><?php _e( 'For each article in a feed, show' ); ?> </th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e( 'For each article in a feed, show' ); ?> </span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e( 'For each post in a feed, show' ); ?> </th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e( 'For each post in a feed, show' ); ?> </span></legend>
 <p><label><input name="rss_use_excerpt" type="radio" value="0" <?php checked( 0, get_option( 'rss_use_excerpt' ) ); ?>	/> <?php _e( 'Full text' ); ?></label><br />
 <label><input name="rss_use_excerpt" type="radio" value="1" <?php checked( 1, get_option( 'rss_use_excerpt' ) ); ?> /> <?php _e( 'Summary' ); ?></label></p>
 </fieldset></td>