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Re:The xkcd survey by dudul on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:07AM (#10159200)
And not at all biased toward native english speakers...
Re:The xkcd survey by lotsofcows on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:09PM (#10160183)
Really? I thought it was biased toward native USAian speakers. What the fuck is Cilantro?
Re:The xkcd survey by TJSomething on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @01:34PM (#10160768)
Technically that's a bias toward Spanish speakers too, since cilantro is just "coriander" in Spanish, usually referring to the leaves.
Re:The xkcd survey by throwaway999777 on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @01:48PM (#10160874)
Technically examples are biased to the specific examples given though they aren't supposed to serve the particular examples in particular.
Re:The xkcd survey by rspeer on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @01:37PM (#10160796)
Coriander leaves.

Does this not have its own word in British English? Even given their international cuisine?

Re:The xkcd survey by M2Ys4U on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @02:10PM (#10160995)
We generally just call it coriander.
Re:The xkcd survey by smackfu on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:11AM (#10159238)
"Biased" in the sense of correlation, yes.
Re:The xkcd survey by VikingCoder on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:08AM (#10159206)
Or people with access to a computer and the internet.

He addressed that in the heading text: "This is obviously not going to be a real random sample of people"