Yes, I found that German was even more consistent than English as far as pronounciation was concerned. In English, we say words differently even though they are spelled similarly - there is less of that in German. It was much easier to pronounce an unfamiliar word just by looking at how it's written. Plus the melody of the spoken German language was easier to hook into.
French on the other hand drove me crazy because it has a lot of silent letters that are not said verbally e.g. the "t" at the end of words. Plus the patter sounded like rapid machine gun fire to me. I dropped it after I took up German, although written French was okay.
Interesting discussion!
