[Little Bill]

Cronos, my FRiend, the WOGs start at Calais, to paraphrase my Gramps, who leaned that in WW1.

[Cronos]

the WOGs start at

well, of course the English said that about the Scots and Irish and Welsh too!

I think French is a good language to learn as a starter 2nd langue -- it's not as easy as English or Spanish to start, but at mid-range it is easy enough.