: *Chuckles.* Oh, just the Germans, Normans, and
: Scandinavians. I'd hardly call that the whole
: world, unless you're Eurocentric.
: And I wouldn't call English Germanic sounding at all;
: even its grammar far more closely resembles a
: Classical or Romantic language. I don't think it can
: be pinned down in how it sounds aesthetically; English
: is unique.
Listen to the language - gemanic influences everywhere. Hell, the language used to be Anglo-Saxon. ;)
And I'm pretty sure that the amount of times we've been invaded the Incas, Zulus, Indus, Assyrians, etc all got a slice of Green. ;)