While the Mad Max-'n'-Cap's quid-pro-quos (quids-pro-quo??) are always amusing, I'd like to return to the topic at hand if I may:

What if, what if, my dear Jazzgrasshopper... I don't want to touch your logical sequence, I'll leave it to others more qualified. All I can say, and what I always say, is English reached its status because of its 'willingness' to embrace all influences.

However, the Germans DID give us Christmas trees and Groundhog Day! [winking-at-Jackie emoticon]