If you pronounce English properly as you would any other Germanic language and the loan words like Latin, it becomes a lot more obvious how closely related it is.

*nods*

English's current vowels are deeply stupid. Our spelling worked much better pre-shift.

Oh, and I put in a pre-emptive vote for Swedish. :)

Please, feel free to present your best argument for the superiority of Swedish over the other two.

*sits back and waits*