Yes, and yes. The Saxons brought their language with them. We spoke a version of that until the Normans threw some French into the mix. We've been collecting bits and pieces ever since. Our branch picked up a lot of Spanish and spread it back to the Mother Country.
Some nations strive to keep their language pure, usually without much success. America is such a polyglot that we seem to embrace pretty much everything and then spread it around.
Everybody loves a mutt.
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