On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Bence Damokos
<bdamokos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Anthony
<wikimail(a)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