1 billion internet users, some of whom may have an inkling of how to speak in English. My father's former property groundskeeper, a daily wage labourer, could

1 billion internet users, some of whom may have an inkling of how to speak in English. My father's former property groundskeeper, a daily wage labourer, could speak poor English but he could string a few words together and understand the basic gist of a Hollywood movie, even without much of an English education. Imagine 100s of millions of those people and there's your answer.