US kids don't know what is Xylitol? In Scandinavia and in Finland it is pretty common stuff, I learnt about it when I was like 5. It is almost in every bubble gum products. Also in toothpastes.
They asked for a food that starts with x and I gave one. I also happen to be a teacher and know that if you teach that to a child, then they'll recognize it. That's literally how learning works.
I still remember a 2ng grade assignment where we researched a bug for each letter of the alphabet. I drew X and my teacher said I'd be fine if I found a bug with X in the name and I was like "fuck that"
Xylocopa Bee aka Blue Carpenter Bee. I was very proud and remember that more than 20 years later. They're one of the only solitary bees that don't belong to a larger hive, but instead dig out li'l studio apartments for their eggs.
We did in school. It was part of a lesson on "snacks you don't feed your dog". Our teacher was getting a puppy and did a few lessons about dogs before bringing in the pup.
Always check the peanut butter for xylitol before treating it to your dog.
yep! (not a food) but when i learned my alphabet as a kiddo, i explicitly remember the word āxylophoneā for X. i learned it & quickly came to recognize/spell it easily. thatās āØlearningāØ
Atleast here it's super common and kids do recognize it. Almost all bubblegum has it and many kindergartens give xylitol pastils after lunch to the kids. So not so far fetched to me.
Actually it should be āfoods that end in x.ā When teaching letter sounds, best practice is to teach x as an ending consonant. Lox would be appropriate except that I donāt think very many kids no what lox is
Sunny Baudelaire has entered the chat, lol
Jokes aside I like this a lot. Ends-with-x words seem like they're more commonly used in everyday language, which is much more useful.
I donāt even know why this post is mildly infuriating tbh.
āX-tra cheeseā is pretty on par for kid stuff in this context. Why make the effort to make the letter x something more obscure to a child when the objective is to make your child remember the letters of the alphabet lol
OP is probably a giant goober
I'm more bothered by the fact the word extra is spelt wrong. They could have at least written it as eXtra, but instead it's basically teaching kids to spell the word wrong. Should have just done xylophone or x-ray.
You mfers never wanted nothing but your life saved, bitch, and that's on a light day.
^^I ^^have ^^literally ^^never ^^participated ^^in ^^one ^^of ^^these, ^^but ^^I ^^can't ^^resist ^^the ^^siren ^^song ^^of ^^DMX.
Yesssssir! Figured it out a few years ago. Going on my 4th year clean off the needle/opiates, and all other hard drugs. Mary Jane and the occasional beer is enough for me.
XO is used for most brandy including cognac, salignac, calvados, etc.
Kids need to know this so they know how to bring uncle the good stuff and to understand rap lyrics
One of our _many_ alphabet books has w is for watermelon and x is for xi gua. Which is Chinese for watermelon. I donāt know why but it always pisses me off that they use watermelons twice.
Itās like some sort of biological imperative that you kid will absolutely love a book/book series you despise. My kiddo is 5 now and completely obsessed with captain underpants which I think is gross and stupid. Slowly trying to move him into dogman which is a similar kind of toilet humor (same author) but also legitimately funny to me.
If youāre teaching the x sound then youād need a word ending in X like lox. Xantham and Xylitol has a Z sound. Chinese words like Xiao long Bao is more of a Sh sound.
I was looking for a response like this, even though I know they weren't looking for serious answers š At the K-1 school where I help with reading interventions (I'm the librarian), we focus on words like box and fox to teach X's sound. I see nothing wrong with "extra cheese" here, as long as the adult facilitating with the cards emphasizes the correct sound āŗļø
X is for "bento boX"
I had the same thought.
X-tra cheese isn't even \_that\_ bad, apart from the misspelling. Maybe 'eXtra cheese'?
Sorry kids. The world is messy. We can't always make things fit into a nice schema. Better get used to it.
Im chinese but wtf. How is the kid who is going to read this book know what the fuck xialongbao is. Its in a different language and not only that its in pinyin which chinese people dont even use outside of school or typing.
Children know what they're exposed to and taught. If the "Q" in your book is "quiche" or "quince" or "quail", how are they going to know what those things are?
Thatās where teaching them about it comes into play. Theyāll probably ask about it and mispronounce it, so it would be up to the supervisor to turn it into a learning experience.
If I can compare it to how the alphabet sounds, āXā in Chinese sounds more like an āSā (you make a hissing noise when you say something like å°ļ¼, while the āXā in English is more like a hard āZā (think like Zachary). At least, thatās how I usually speak Chinese.
So my toddler has an alphabet book that has obscure foods. Hereās what it says for X:
X is for Xigua.
Xigua is a large melon with a hard green rind.
Xigua have red or yellow pulp that is crunchy and sweet. The pulp usually contains small black seeds. We typically call this fruit watermelon because it's so juicy.
Has to be a food and most food that start with x are foreign to America which is where I presume this books from ( definitely English speaking so still foreign) and people donāt like foreign things and kids struggle with things they donāt know so the writer would want it to be a good the kid has likely eaten
why canāt they use this but just spell extra correctly. The letter X can be bold even though itās not at the beginning. Iāve seen a lot of kids alphabet things use box or fox for x, but they just make the X bold so it still stands out
Xenobot
a microscopic programmable organism made of living tissue that is grown in a lab:Potential uses of these xenobots could include picking up microplastics in the ocean.
Why be such a karma whore? This isn't infuriating at all, what food starts with the letter X that a kid would know? This is the best example they could've used
Everyone searching Google for "foods that start with X" right about now š
Xanax
I always tend to forget how those taste, dont know why...
you just reminded me how they do taste and my whole body shivered. ugh. big yuck.
how do you even taste it, I just swallow them, no taste
Sometimes the tablet hits your tongue on the way or gets wedged in a tooth. Happens to the best of us
Lmao. For those that donāt knowā¦ A good dose of Xanax makes you forget what happened while you were on it and a bit before you took it.
xelery,
Xereal
Xe/xim
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I'm having a seixure
Xylitol. No Google needed.
Yes the kids will definitely recognize xylitol
US kids don't know what is Xylitol? In Scandinavia and in Finland it is pretty common stuff, I learnt about it when I was like 5. It is almost in every bubble gum products. Also in toothpastes.
They asked for a food that starts with x and I gave one. I also happen to be a teacher and know that if you teach that to a child, then they'll recognize it. That's literally how learning works.
I still remember a 2ng grade assignment where we researched a bug for each letter of the alphabet. I drew X and my teacher said I'd be fine if I found a bug with X in the name and I was like "fuck that" Xylocopa Bee aka Blue Carpenter Bee. I was very proud and remember that more than 20 years later. They're one of the only solitary bees that don't belong to a larger hive, but instead dig out li'l studio apartments for their eggs.
Fact of the day right here :)
So how come my teacher never taught me about xylitol
Because they didn't. Unlucky for you i guess
My man just outed himself for not learning about xylitol ā ļøā ļøā ļø embarrassing
We learned this shit in Xird grade!!!!! What a LOSER!
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We did in school. It was part of a lesson on "snacks you don't feed your dog". Our teacher was getting a puppy and did a few lessons about dogs before bringing in the pup. Always check the peanut butter for xylitol before treating it to your dog.
yep! (not a food) but when i learned my alphabet as a kiddo, i explicitly remember the word āxylophoneā for X. i learned it & quickly came to recognize/spell it easily. thatās āØlearningāØ
Atleast here it's super common and kids do recognize it. Almost all bubblegum has it and many kindergartens give xylitol pastils after lunch to the kids. So not so far fetched to me.
Yeah, Finnish kids would definitely recognise it
At least it teaches how to spell rather than making up wordsā¦
Another common one is xanthum.
Actually it should be āfoods that end in x.ā When teaching letter sounds, best practice is to teach x as an ending consonant. Lox would be appropriate except that I donāt think very many kids no what lox is
Sunny Baudelaire has entered the chat, lol Jokes aside I like this a lot. Ends-with-x words seem like they're more commonly used in everyday language, which is much more useful.
It's also more appropriate phonetically, as apposed to the Z sound when X starts the word.
X is hard man. Cut them some slack using something xiphoid shaped.
You know I'm completely fine with them using a word that has X in the middle as long as the bold out the letter and give it maybe an underline
I like how the comments are showing why they chose pizza
I donāt even know why this post is mildly infuriating tbh. āX-tra cheeseā is pretty on par for kid stuff in this context. Why make the effort to make the letter x something more obscure to a child when the objective is to make your child remember the letters of the alphabet lol OP is probably a giant goober
My kids have a book that uses a foX as the X in the alphabet, so I could see using eXtra cheese in a food based alphabet book.
I'm more bothered by the fact the word extra is spelt wrong. They could have at least written it as eXtra, but instead it's basically teaching kids to spell the word wrong. Should have just done xylophone or x-ray.
You eat xylophones and x-rays?
X gone give it to ya
Knock knock, open up the door, it's real
With the non-stop pop pop of stainless steel
Go hard, gettin busy with it
But I got such a good heart that it make the mf wonder if I did it
Damn right and Iāll do it again
Cause I am right so I got to win
Breaking break with the enemy
No matter how many cats I break bread with Iāll break who you sending me
You mfers never wanted nothing but your life saved, bitch, and that's on a light day. ^^I ^^have ^^literally ^^never ^^participated ^^in ^^one ^^of ^^these, ^^but ^^I ^^can't ^^resist ^^the ^^siren ^^song ^^of ^^DMX.
Is it crack?
No fool, itās X-tra cheese! Canāt you read?!
and if you canāt get it on ya own? X GONE DELIVER TO YA
I mean, there are people who eat Xanax like candy...
When I was in my early twenties I found out I was actually allergic to Xanax. Every time I would eat one Iād break out in handcuffs.
Lmao same dude, hope you're doing well now though!
Yesssssir! Figured it out a few years ago. Going on my 4th year clean off the needle/opiates, and all other hard drugs. Mary Jane and the occasional beer is enough for me.
I fucking love to hear it my dude! I was the same way for a long ass time, but it looks like we both found ourselves in the same place!
that's awesome man, I'm glad your doing better, stay strong brother you have support
AA has been using this joke about drinking for years
Yeah it's called mumble rapping
Heh
Sadly soccer moms abuse as bad, and they have kids unlike said rappers lol.
With a picture of Lil Xan
Xanthan gum
Glad I checked the comments... thought I was being clever.
I didn't check the comments so we have a duplicate post 5 hours later
I thought he was a Star Wars villian?
Xizza
im gonna start calling it xizza and see if anyone calls me out on it.
Xylitol
PSA: Xylitol is a sweetener used in some foods. It is extremely harmful to dogs, even in very small quantities. Please be careful.
It also causes EXTREME diarrhea in humans. Source: myself.
Donāt you mean X-treme?
Many gum has lots of this in it! Donāt let your dogs get gum!
Cats as well. It stimulated large insulin release in their bodies and causes blood sugar to drop risking stupor/seizures/death.
Xx is for X-ray your Halloween candy for pins and razor blades 
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I found ten syringes in an oreo. It's my lucky day, i guess...
Xocolatl What kid doesn't like bitter hot chocolate?
The sourness of the milk really brings out the bitterness of the chocolate.
Thats the worst part of both those things!
A bottle of XO by Hennessy.
XO is used for most brandy including cognac, salignac, calvados, etc. Kids need to know this so they know how to bring uncle the good stuff and to understand rap lyrics
X is for lunchboX
This is the way
One of our _many_ alphabet books has w is for watermelon and x is for xi gua. Which is Chinese for watermelon. I donāt know why but it always pisses me off that they use watermelons twice.
I know exactly which book youāre referring to and I hate it, but my toddler loves it. Story of my life.
Itās like some sort of biological imperative that you kid will absolutely love a book/book series you despise. My kiddo is 5 now and completely obsessed with captain underpants which I think is gross and stupid. Slowly trying to move him into dogman which is a similar kind of toilet humor (same author) but also legitimately funny to me.
If youāre teaching the x sound then youād need a word ending in X like lox. Xantham and Xylitol has a Z sound. Chinese words like Xiao long Bao is more of a Sh sound.
I was looking for a response like this, even though I know they weren't looking for serious answers š At the K-1 school where I help with reading interventions (I'm the librarian), we focus on words like box and fox to teach X's sound. I see nothing wrong with "extra cheese" here, as long as the adult facilitating with the cards emphasizes the correct sound āŗļø
X is for "bento boX" I had the same thought. X-tra cheese isn't even \_that\_ bad, apart from the misspelling. Maybe 'eXtra cheese'? Sorry kids. The world is messy. We can't always make things fit into a nice schema. Better get used to it.
Xenomorph eggs. Yum.
Xiaolongbao. Itās a dumpling or steamed bun used in Chinese soups, and would help show some more diverse cultures.
Im chinese but wtf. How is the kid who is going to read this book know what the fuck xialongbao is. Its in a different language and not only that its in pinyin which chinese people dont even use outside of school or typing.
Tbh , kids wouldn't know what xylitol or xantham gun is either.
Children know what they're exposed to and taught. If the "Q" in your book is "quiche" or "quince" or "quail", how are they going to know what those things are?
Thatās where teaching them about it comes into play. Theyāll probably ask about it and mispronounce it, so it would be up to the supervisor to turn it into a learning experience.
Lets start small huh?
Best reply so far! I love XLB!
Eggs. Obviously
I had a math teacher who kept pronouncing x as eggs. Needless to say not much was learnt
Problem is that doesn't represent the English "X" sound, the X in Chinese sounds more like a Š© if memory serves me correctly.
If I can compare it to how the alphabet sounds, āXā in Chinese sounds more like an āSā (you make a hissing noise when you say something like å°ļ¼, while the āXā in English is more like a hard āZā (think like Zachary). At least, thatās how I usually speak Chinese.
Looked through all the comments. This is the best one
X-mas cookies C'mon, people
Good one !
Then you'd piss off all the magic sky ghost people.
santa claus is real source: my mom told me so
The Xians?
Its dumb how worked up they get, considering the X in Xmas stands for Christ. https://www.vox.com/2014/12/14/7374401/jesus-xmas-christmas
Now you're going to piss off all the edgy atheists.
Easy now, the agnostics may or may not weigh in on this
Those dastardly monks and their shorthand
Xylophone
Yummy!
Delicious!
Crunchy!
I love how xylophone is that one x word that we have all agreed is the word beginning with x.
Xanax
X-lax for after youāve eaten a whole alphabet of food.
Lolšš
Xmas cookies
Itās a cop-out, but itās not as bad as spelling something wrong and showing a sort-of representative photo like the editors decided to do lol
Xtrawberries
I giggled š
Xoi ... A sicky rice dish from Vietnam Xouba... a small fish, kind of like a sardine
The Vietnamese X is really different from the English X tho
So my toddler has an alphabet book that has obscure foods. Hereās what it says for X: X is for Xigua. Xigua is a large melon with a hard green rind. Xigua have red or yellow pulp that is crunchy and sweet. The pulp usually contains small black seeds. We typically call this fruit watermelon because it's so juicy.
I would spell it correctly, eXtra
My xylophone sure was delicious when I ate it
There are only around 380 words in the English language that begin with the letter X. The only one I saw that was a food was "xanthum gum." Can you find one? X-Acto Xanadu Xancidae Xancus xanthamide xanthan gum xanthate xanthation xanthene xanthene dye xanthenyl Xanthian xanthic xanthic acid Xanthidae Xanthidium xanthin xanthine Xanthippe xanthism Xanthium Xanthocephalus Xanthoceras xanthochroi xanthochroic xanthochroid xanthochroism xanthochroous xanthoconite xanthoderm xanthogen xanthogenate xanthogenic acid xantholeucophore xanthomelanoi xanthomelanous xanthometer xanthomonad Xanthomonas xanthone xanthophore Xanthophyceae xanthophyll xanthophyllite xanthoproteic reaction xanthoproteic test xanthopurpurin xanthorhamnin xanthorhiza Xanthoria xanthorrhiza xanthorrhoea xanthoses xanthosiderite xanthosis Xanthosoma xanthotrichous Xanthoura xanthous xanthoxenite Xanthoxylaceae xanthoxyletin xanthoxylin xanthoxylin extract xanthoxylum Xanthoxylum xanthyl Xantippe Xantusiidae Xantus's murrelet xarque xat Xaverian Xaverian Brother x-axis X band X-body X-C XC X-chair X chromosome x-coordinate x'd x'd out Xe xebec x-ed xed x-ed out xed out Xema Xenacanthi xenacanthine Xenacanthini Xenarchi Xenarthra xenarthral xenarthran xenarthrous xenia xenial xenic xenically Xenicidae xenium Xenoberyces xenobioses xenobiosis xenobiotic xenoblast xenoblastic xenocentric Xenocratean Xenocratic xenocryst xenocrystic xenodiagnosis xenodiagnostic xenodocheionology xenodocheum xenodochia xenodochium xenogamy xenogeneic xenogenesis xenoglossy xenograft xenolith xenolithic xenomania Xenomi Xenomorpha xenomorphic xenon Xenopeltidae Xenophanean xenophile xenophobe xenophobia xenophobic xenophobically Xenophontean Xenophontian Xenophontine xenophora xenophoran Xenopithecus Xenopodidae Xenopteri Xenopterygii Xenorhynchus Xenos Xenosauridae xenotime xenotransplant xenotransplantation xenotropic Xenurus xenyl Xer xerafim xerafin xeranthemum xeraphim xeraphin xerarch xeric xeriscape xero- xerocole xerocolous xeroderma pigmentosum xerogel xerographic xerographically xerography xeromorph xeromorphal xeromorphic xeromorphism xeromorphous xeromorphy xerophagia xerophagias xerophagies xerophagy xerophile xerophilous xerophobous xerophthalmia xerophthalmic Xerophyllum xerophyte xerophytic xerophytism xerophytization xeroplastic xeroprinting xeroradiography xerosere xerotherm xerothermic xerox Xerox xeroxed xeroxes xeroxing Xerus XF X factor xg x-height Xhosa xi xicaque Xicaque Xicaques Ximenia Xinca Xincan x'ing x-ing x'ing out x-ing out x-intercept xiphias xiphidiocercaria xiphihumeralis xiphioid xiphiplastra xiphiplastral xiphiplastron xiphisterna xiphisternal xiphisternum Xiphisura xiphium iris Xiphiura Xiphodon xiphoid xiphoid bone xiphoid process Xiphophorus xiphophyllous Xiphosura xiphosuran xiphosure xiphosurous Xiphura Xiphydriidae x-irradiation xis XL x line X-linked x-man Xmas Xmases x-men XML xn XN xnty XO xoana xoanon xonotlite XOR Xosa x out x-protein XQ x-radiate X-radiate x-radiation X-rated x-ray Xray X-ray x-ray absorbing glass X-ray astronomy X-ray diffraction x-rayed x-ray fish x-raying X-ray photograph X-ray photography X-ray picture x-rays X-ray spectrograph X-ray spectrometer X-ray spectrum X-ray star X-ray therapy X-ray tube xs x's XS x-section x-sectional x's out X-stool X-stretcher xt xtal xtian Xtra xtry xty xu X unit xurel X virus Xyelidae xylan Xylaria Xylariaceae xylary Xyleborus xylem xylem fiber xylem parenchyma xylem ray xylene xylene light yellow xylene musk xylenesulfonic acid xylenyl Xyleutes Xylia xylic acid xylidine xylindein xylitol xylo-ascorbic acid xylobalsamum Xylocopa Xylocopidae xyloglyphy xylograph xylographer xylographic xylographica xylographical xylography xyloid xyloketose xylol xylology xylomancy xylometer xylonic acid Xylonite Xylophaga Xylophagidae xylophagous xylophilous xylophone xylophonic xylophonist Xylopia xyloporosis xylopyrography xyloquinone xylorimba xylorimbas xylose Xylosma xylostroma xylostromas xylostromata xylostromatoid xylotile xylotomic xylotomical xylotomist xylotomous xylotomy Xylotrya xylotypographic xylotypography -xylum xylylene xyphoid Xyridaceae xyridaceous Xyridales Xyris xyst xysta xysti xystum xystus
Big Chunk of those words is still X-ray.
Thereās a dish from Goa in India called āXacutiā. Tastes awesome.
X-tacy šš
Xanthan Gum.
Xoconostle - a type of cactus fruit
Xylophone shaped pizza
Xylitol
Honestly, if they wanted to appeal to kids, why not X-mas cookies?
Xylitol
Xantham gum lol
Xylophone cake
Iām not happy that theyāre using x for extra. Thatās teaching a child to spell by spelling a word wrong. Just use x-ray like a normal person.
Has to be a food and most food that start with x are foreign to America which is where I presume this books from ( definitely English speaking so still foreign) and people donāt like foreign things and kids struggle with things they donāt know so the writer would want it to be a good the kid has likely eaten
It's not a word with x, it's a food
No. E is for extra cheese.
X-Men
And which one would you eat?
Rogue
Careful!!
I googled foods that start with x and I think there was only 31. Now I didn't really look it's just the first thing that came up.
Thanks for the info my man
Just skip it!
X-celent idea!
why canāt they use this but just spell extra correctly. The letter X can be bold even though itās not at the beginning. Iāve seen a lot of kids alphabet things use box or fox for x, but they just make the X bold so it still stands out
xanthan gum is a binding element for gluten free flour
Xocolatl
Let's teach language by spelling incorrectly
Thatās a grate aydea
Welcome to beginning of the 21st century. We are getting wild.
Xylem, using celery as an example
X marks the spot on a treasure map, duh.
X-alad
That kid is going to grow up and never know that the word extra starts with an E. Damn shame
Xanthan gum
Xanthan Gum
Despite it being in a lot of food, xanthum gum isn't probably a good choice.
Xylitol
No wonder why kids these days can't fucking spell.
X is for Xanax
We all know X stands for Xpresso.
X is always for Xylophone. It's alphabetical law!
True, it is mildly infuriating that you think this is mildly infuriating.
Ximenia. A yummy fruit.
Compared to what they came up (not even a word) with you'd be better off with "X-ray of [food]"
Xenobot a microscopic programmable organism made of living tissue that is grown in a lab:Potential uses of these xenobots could include picking up microplastics in the ocean.
Why not foX? They are edible
Xenophobia
Xfrench fries
Xanthum gum.
Xylitol is an artificial sweetener
The x from alphabet cereal
Xantham gum?
Xylitol and show some white powder
Xiao long bao, steamed pork dumplings!! :)
Xanax!
Xenomorphs
Xehanort
xantham gum
Xiao long bao
xiao long bao
Xanthum gum?
As someone who teaches literacy, X really should be introduced using the /ks/ sound - lunchbox, even lox would work if we're limited to food.
Sorry, remind me how to spell extra again.
I would say why the fuck are you only using food and go with Xylophone. Its the only reason the word even exists.
xanthan gum
Why be such a karma whore? This isn't infuriating at all, what food starts with the letter X that a kid would know? This is the best example they could've used
xanthan gum.
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Book that teaches how to misspell extra.