On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > > > Don't most Internet users know enough English to be able to search for > > > "pictures of a horse" in English? > > > > > > (According to Wikipedia ( > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage), > > > yes... "Most Internet users speak the English language as a native or > > > secondary language.") > > > > > > > If I read the data in the article correctly, most means 35%. > > > Since "most" means more than 50%, I don't think you read it correctly. The > 35% figure seems to be only native English speakers. > > According to the Mettiam-Webster dictionary, 'majority' is only one of the meanings of 'most' (the primary being 'greatest in quantity, extent or degree'); if you look at the second table which seems to account for non-native speaker internet users as well, English is still gets about 30% share of total users.
Although,the linked Wikipedia article could use some improvement... Best regards, Bence _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
