We've always been strongly influenced by our big three neighbors (UK, France and Germany). I remember reading somewhere that before WW2 France was our biggest "

We've always been strongly influenced by our big three neighbors (UK, France and Germany). I remember reading somewhere that before WW2 France was our biggest "cultural influencer" (for example, we spelled helicopter "hélicoptère", until the Canadians liberated us). It's probably not surprising that WW2 made German less popular, and the Anglosphere more popular afterwards.