It's elementary, my dear Watson

The kiddies and I were on a walk recently, when I spotted an opportunity to educate my children. And this is what I saw:














Trying to impress my kiddies, I said "Did you know, that those are called cattails?"

Chad responded in a rather patronizing way: "Actually, I believe those are called Bulrush."

I hate when my 6 year old sounds smarter than me (or is it I, now I'm self conscious) . I couldn't just let it go, I had to look it up and see who was right. Thanks to Wikipedia, I believe we are both right.

"These plants are known in British English as bulrush, bullrush or reedmace,^[1] in American English as cattail..."

I'm beginning to think that my child's education is downright un-American (I had to look up that word too). Dang the English for always sounding smarter than the Americans!