Re:THE LIMEYS WOULD BE SPEAKING GERMAN...
Actually, the Limeys would still be speaking English - the Germans made their own mistakes which lost them the wars without either you or us. But if it weren't for the US, today's Germans would be speaking Russian, so that's good news of sorts. And if it weren't for Franklin and Jefferson, Americans would be speaking German (True! Look it up!) anyway.
And we split lanes all the time - or at least I do.
-MO's resident Limey