That’s not a credit to the English language, that’s a credit to how Rabbis Sherman and Zlotowitz responded to the fact that many people understand English. ”
And one could that precise argument as regards Yiddish in Europe a long time ago, BEFORE many Jews understood English. there is no difference from that standpoint, between the two languages. One is not holier than the other. It is only perceived that way (for understandable reasons).