I'm not sure how that applies. Granted, I have a _very_ limited knowledge of languages. I speak German. And persist/keep trying to reach some level of competen

I'm not sure how that applies. Granted, I have a _very_ limited knowledge of languages. I speak German. And persist/keep trying to reach some level of competency in English. German has French (and English .. and more..) loan words as well. I'd still argue that it's _a lot_ easier and more consistent to pronounce than English. (I might just be entirely blind to German issues that are basically the same, because .. I constantly stumble about English's warts and grew up with the German ones. There's a lot of bias involved, I think)