Quarterback, appreciation for les alouettes, les gentiles alouettes is not a new, - or wt phenomenon.
When german mercenaries were send by Britain to help in the US war of independance, these guys took one look at the french babes and did not return home.
that's why you have the likes of Br. Schmidt who was at blue bonnets and Wagner the Cabinet minister of german ancestry among the vigorous , warm capable, Joual-speaking french stock.