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by popalchemist 752 days ago
Most people literally do speak English

https://www.google.com/search?q=most+popular+language+in+the...

but the rest of your point is dead on.
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amrangaye 752 days ago
Sorry I don’t understand - the link you posted shows that “most people” actually speak mandarin and Spanish?
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bigtunacan 751 days ago
Parent provided a poor link by just using a Google search results.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-languages-spoken-in-the...

English is not the most popular 1st spoken language, but it is the most spoken language overall.

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topaz0 751 days ago
1.5B speakers is still not "most people", even if it is the most spoken language. To be clear none of this matters, but there is nothing more irritating than seeing a nitpick of a nitpick that is still wrong.
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amrangaye 751 days ago
That makes more sense. Thanks.
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