2 German words every US kid knows before s/he starts school Kindergarten and Blitz(pass)

[bobbieinok]

* Blitz in English is lightning, in this context superfast-- as in Blitzkrieg, WWII term meaning 'lightning fast war'

* Kindergarten-- 'Kinder' (children) and 'Garten' (garden), garden of children, similar to 'Tiergarten'-- 'Tier' (animal), so animal garden, a German word for zoo. I'm not sure the teachers alaways think of their class as a garden

The concept and name 'Kindergarten' came to US from Germany with the refugees who came here after the failed German revolutions of 1848. The same year so many refigees came here from Ireland because of the 1848 Irish Potato Famine.

[raging moderate]

1. Although many think it is "Kintergarden."

Many US adults also think this. We have an unfortunate cultural bias in much of our population against learning anything.

[PJMcK]

2. Your second sentence needs a small edit.

"We have an unfortunate cultural bias in much of our population against learning anything."

Hope you don't mind, raging moderate.

[Ohiogal]

3. I can just hear the Trumpanzees

shouting "Speak 'Merican!"