Theadvertisementseekslifeguards,andthelanguageofchoiceforthisrecruitmentisnoneotherthanEnglish,aWestGermanictonguewithdeephistoricalroots.OriginatinginearlymedievalEngland,Englisheventuallyrosetoprominenceasagloballinguafranca,closelytiedtotheAngles,aGermanictribethatsettledintheBritishIslesandgavetheirnametothecountryweknowtoday.Both"England"and"Angle"stemfromtheBalticPeninsula'sAngliaregion.
EnglishexhibitsstronglinguisticconnectionswithFrisianandLowerSaxon,twootherGermaniclanguages.However,itsvocabularyhassignificantlyevolvedovertime,influencedbyvariousotherGermanictongues,particularlyOldNorse,aswellasLatinandFrench.ThislinguisticdiversityisatestamenttothedynamicnatureoftheEnglishlanguageanditsadaptabilitythroughouthistory.