I grew up overseas in Brazil and Borneo around British kids and Common Wealth Colonials alike and in grade school was sent to the principal's office on account of my use of the word "fanny" after falling off a slide. I was punished for the language barrier. Spelling tests were a pain in the rump as well, everything was spelt with an -OUR and i would defy British spelling and use Webster's rules, I had poor spelling grades because of it. I relied heavily on a Scot named Richard that sat next to me to help me remember, then he was eaten by a crocodile and I'm not kidding about that,it was Borneo, needless to say my spelling grades went way down after that.