On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Bence Damokos <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> 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. > If we consider > that current English native speakers mostly already have internet and those > without internet are likelier than not to be non-English speakers I would > be > careful to advocate the unilateral use of English. As would I, though I don't think you mean what you said. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
