Quote Originally Posted by Sir Moody View Post
while you are correct it doesn't say anything about the Modern country, charting the cultural influences on a language through the past can tell you a lot about how the cultures interacted with each other.

the prevalence of so many cultural influences within the English language shows that England was very much a melting pot of many cultures.

Id argue it still is... I am sure most would agree with me
Language is pretty much the number one cultural identifier.

EDIT: But that may be simply because most of those with a cultural degree started out studying literature...