highwaystar101 on 30 January 2010
@ OP's story: I personally think German and English are very similar languages anyway. I don't think English is polluting their language, it's just that the two have similar influences and backgrounds, and have also evolved together.
Modern words tend to be similar the world over too. If I go to a people who speak foreign languages and say the word "water", not many people would recognise that word. However, if I say to many people who speak other languages the word "Computer" or "Internet" they would have a better chance of understanding what I mean.
Meh.
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