Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoDespite being true, the sentence "Most people are Chinese." sounds weird when spoken out loud.message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down141file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareDespite being true, the sentence "Most people are Chinese." sounds weird when spoken out loud.Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresunrisepirate@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·2 months agoI think most people are Indian now, which sounds fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoA plurality of people are Indian.
minus-squareJomega@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·2 months agoSorry, I don’t have internet in my shower, so I couldn’t look up if it was still true. I think it was still China a decade or two ago.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoMost means, yanno, MOST people. But most people are neither Chinese nor Indian.
I think most people are Indian now, which sounds fine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population
A plurality of people are Indian.
Sorry, I don’t have internet in my shower, so I couldn’t look up if it was still true. I think it was still China a decade or two ago.
Most means, yanno, MOST people. But most people are neither Chinese nor Indian.