Point taken! 
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My grandmother if you did something to offend her…
'“I’ve got a bone to pick with you”
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It’s not just different countries/nations that have quirks of language.
Within any country there are different names and different expressions for things. Down by here, we say, by here instead of here.
A goyle is a ravine or gully, but by here it is usually referring to a large pothole.
A drainage dyke is called a rhyne by here.
Gert means great by here, so something gert big would be great big. Gert great means something huge.
Whilst working in Tennessee, I asked an American what time he would be leaving work. He said, “Ten of four”.
I asked if he meant ten to or ten past four.
He replied, “Ten of four”.
I asked him slowly and loudly, “Do you speak English?”.
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Quirks of languages for me came about when teacher gave us a new dictionary one day a longtime ago.
The dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms and Homonyms
And for my 8th birthday, Papa got me a collection similar to this one about Medieval English
Another one I added later on to help me find alternative words for creative writing… The humble Thesaurus!
It helped me find quirky words of all kind hidden within the English language!
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Blimey,you must have been some sort of prodigy 
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I don’t know if I was but I got beaten up often due to winning weekly prizes. One major one was when 8 years old (when Papa gave me the books) as I’d won “University Reading Level”.
I’ve my Father to thanks a million to encourage “The Three Rs” Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, the writing of his storytelling. He was proud as elder sibling apparently failed. I never asked as all I’d get was a punch in the face.
Let’s not get into Spelling Contest. Most times I didn’t participate anymore, I was sore enough thanks!
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Genius !
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Sounds nasty.I hope they grew out of it.
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Put it that way, I was happy when she got married and moved away. Relief! I was mighty glad to leave the area and them schools. Secondary and finishing schools were much better.
I love learning, a day not learning is a day lost. However, I never enjoyed going into them buildings as people weren’t pleasant!
Emotionally unfulfillment!
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I fully agree with you, but, I am really struggling with learning the Ukrainian language.
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Sorry dear, can’t help there. English, French, German, Spanish and Latin.
Other languages to communicate online I get help from Google Translate!
I only speak English, Wurzel, and HillBilly fluently, with a smattering of Deutchlish and Franglais thrown in.