The history angle is indeed interesting. Neither English nor French is my mother tongue. I started learning English at the age of 3 and learnt French for almost

The history angle is indeed interesting. Neither English nor French is my mother tongue. I started learning English at the age of 3 and learnt French for almost a year at the of 18. It was quite interesting to see the influence French had on English. I later found that almost a third of English words have French origin. Further searching took me all the way back to Norman invasion of England and how the Norman royals were sort of disolved in the English culture. European history never disappoints you. :)