too much sugar not good for the health

[Walter Bright]

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> One reason English is successful is its shamelessness in adopting 
>> useful words and phrases from other languages. Sort of like what D 
>> does <g>.
> 
> Huh? I'm under the impression that that also happens a lot in other 
> languages.

Yes, it does. But some actively work to try and prevent this.

> In fact it likely happens much more often in other languages, 
> who borrow a lot of *english* words in these modern times. ;)

Sure, and I suspect that a language that refuses to do so is one that 
will fade away into irrelevance.