[slayda]

ZP,
FYI (which is a madeup word, actually an acronym) the Roomba, while entertaining, is not a very good cleaner. It actually works better on non-carpeted floors than on carpet.

As far as borrowing words, when I took German, I learned that German, English, and Russian borrowed the word "park" from the French "parc". Some words are more obviously borrowed but before learning this, I would have argued with anyone who told me that "park" was not a native English word.

Another favorite is the word for Library, which, in English, is derived from Latin. Every other language that I have a passing familarity with derived their word for Library from Greek, e.g. biblioteca (Spanish, Portuguese, & Italian), Bibliothek (German), bibliothèque (French) & библиотек (Russian).

Greek - βιβλιοθήκη