When I was student teaching in New Mexico, I was giving the kids a spelling test. They were learning words that are spelled different but sound the same like breaks and brakes (I think these are called homophones???). The word was DEW. So I’m explaining this kind of DEW is the moisture on the grass in the morning. Blank stares. First, their yards consisted of little pebbles. Second, they have no moisture on their rock lawns because they live in a desert. Third, only rich people had a grass patch in their yard; most of them hadn’t even been to a house with a grass lawn. Because I was trying to turn this whole dew thing into a teachable moment, I am telling them about how where I grew up everyone has grassy lawns because the climate is different. More blank stares. Finally a kid blurts out, “Dang, Miss E. You must be rich.” Ummmm, not exactly the point I going for. Then another kid explains, “The kind of dew she is talking about is the dew of Mountain Dew.” Discussion over. Most spelt DEW correctly too. :)
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