Quote Originally Posted by Elmetiacos View Post
That's based on the false assumption that English is the lineal descendant of Old English of the 8th Century and everything since then is "foreign".
Yeah, but the old english sounds awesome:

Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre,
mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað.
The battle of Maldon is one of my favourite poems.