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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by popalchemist on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:19PM (#40495298)
Most people literally do speak English

https://www.google.com/search?q=most+popular+language+in+the...

but the rest of your point is dead on.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by amrangaye on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:30PM (#40495386)
Sorry I don’t understand - the link you posted shows that “most people” actually speak mandarin and Spanish?
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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by bigtunacan on Monday May 27, 2024 @07:06PM (#40495639)
Parent provided a poor link by just using a Google search results.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-languages-spoken-in-the...

English is not the most popular 1st spoken language, but it is the most spoken language overall.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by topaz0 on Monday May 27, 2024 @11:03PM (#40496950)
1.5B speakers is still not "most people", even if it is the most spoken language. To be clear none of this matters, but there is nothing more irritating than seeing a nitpick of a nitpick that is still wrong.
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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by amrangaye on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @06:28PM (#40506284)
That makes more sense. Thanks.
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