Jones Beene wrote:
A few years ago, 95-99 % of the comments about LENR on Slashdot would have ranged from negative to ROTFL, nowadays the skeptics are ... well... not yet crawling into holes, but shall we say - a bit more muffled.
They do seem a little taken aback.
In 2007, the two largest English-speaking countries in the world are India (350 million English-speakers out of 1+ billion) and the United States (300 million English-speakers out of 325 million). This, of course, is assuming a rather loose definition of 'English-speakers'- more so for the USA than for India.
Hardee har, har. See: D. Crystal, "English as a global language," 1997: Cambridge University Press.
- Jed
