&gt; Comparisons about one language being more verbose&#x2F;complex&#x2F;harder than another never seem to really hold up under scrutiny.<p>I&#x27;ve been &#x27;scrutinizing&#x27; both for quite long (not bilingual though) and the more I do the more I am convinced of my point. French is definitely more &#x27;verbose&#x2F;complex&#x2F;hard&#x27;. And unnecessarily so.<p>&gt; Usually when comparing two languages, one exhibits simplicity in one area where the other exhibits simplicity in another and it all roughly balances out.<p>Sorry jordigh, but in what area ? English appears to me simpler in maybe all areas.
- le soleil, la lune &#x2F; the sun, the moon. Things should have a gender ? What for ?
- so-leil : 2 Syl. Sun : 1
- lune : mute &#x27;e&#x27;
- ...<p>&gt;  I&#x27;m not even sure English tends to have fewer syllables than French, as their common Celtic roots seem to prefer fewer syllables.<p>On global conciseness (whole text-wise) English is a clear winner. Do the test in Google Translate. I comment all my code in English despite not being a native speaker because it&#x27;s just shorter. Words like &#x27;get&#x2F;set&#x27; are unbeatable.