Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)

Jim Logajan wrote:

Craig Welch wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:


Extremely popular is meaningless. In the US, for example, which is
the most populous English speaking country in the world, high school
students are now learning Spanish at a rate almost 4 times that of
French.

The US is not the most populous English speaking country in the world.


I think at this point a reasonable rebuttal would go on to say something
like "The country with that honor is X, and my source for that
information is Y."

So here's what I consider a reasonable rebuttal to your rebuttal:

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top...eaker-map.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language


Wikipedia is NOT an authoritative source.

NotABushSupporter wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language


Wikipedia is NOT an authoritative source.

Indeed. But in the Wikipedia article it provides references to its sources
(which some articles notably lack). I normally prefer using authoritative
and as unbiased sources as possible for topics I'm more serious about. I'm
just not that serious about this topic. :-)

NotABushSupporter writes:

Wikipedia is NOT an authoritative source.

Take care never to cite Wikipedia again, then, or this statement might
backfire on you.