Check this out. (English words from Spanish.)

[RonBee]

English Borrows from Spanish
New World encounters bring new words
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/spanishwords1.html

Fascinating stuff. English is truly a worldwide language. It has borrowed from everybody.

:)

[Tdol]

Interesting stuff, Ron. )

[RonBee]

Here is more.


Spanish Place Names
Hispanic heritage from coast to coast
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/spanishnames.html

:)

[Willbut]

One of the joys of English is its ability to absorb foreign words. However, ther are many other languages that have mechanisms to adopt, some to a far greater extent. This flexibility is positive, IMO.

[RonBee]

I'm curious. Which languages borrow more than English does?

:)