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Want To Influence the World? Map Reveals the Best Languages To Speak

Posted by Soulskill on from the speaking-internet-doesn't-help dept.

sciencehabit writes: Speak or write in English, and the world will hear you. Speak or write in Tamil or Portuguese, and you may have a harder time getting your message out. Now, a new method for mapping how information flows around the globe (abstract) identifies the best languages to spread your ideas far and wide. One hint: If you're considering a second language, try Spanish instead of Chinese.

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  1. Re:Let me be the first to say... by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hold down your ctrl key and scroll in. It's not rocket surgery.

    Umm ... no. It is a jpeg image, not HTML. So scrolling in just makes it big and blurry instead of small and blurry. I even trying shouting "enhance! enhance!"

  2. Re:Let me be the first to say... by fustakrakich · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, it's "mejorar! mejorar!" and don't forget "Por favor" and maybe a small 'propina'.

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