Re:The xkcd survey
by lotsofcows on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:09PM
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Really? I thought it was biased toward native USAian speakers. What the fuck is Cilantro?
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Re:The xkcd survey
by TJSomething on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @01:34PM
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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
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Technically examples are biased to the specific examples given though they aren't supposed to serve the particular examples in particular.
Coriander leaves.
Does this not have its own word in British English? Even given their international cuisine?