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By Rmglrsm - 23/06/2016 02:21

Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML

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By Jen - 20/10/2016 16:32

Today, I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because I have a very prominent speech impediment. Well, it turns out the customer I called also has a speech impediment and thought I was mocking her. She hung up on me and filed a formal complaint with my company. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2022 18:00

Today, I got slapped by a date because she thought I was making fun of her speech impediment. I wasn't making fun, I just have the same speech impediment. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/07/2012 01:37 - United States - Solon Springs

Today, a customer punched me in the face for repeating their order back to them because they thought I was making fun of their speech impediment. I have the same speech impediment. FML

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By Flippy - 29/08/2010 00:05 - United States

Today, at work, I was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML

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By what did you say? - 15/06/2016 13:25

Today, I went for a job interview. The woman interviewing me had such a thick accent that I had to keep asking her to repeat herself. She got so frustrated that she ended the interview super early. I don't think I got the job. FML

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By anonymus - 18/08/2009 16:33 - United States

Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML

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By ImprovTeacher - 16/06/2019 14:05

Today, I was teaching a small group of improv students. I asked one guy to do a monologue, and laughed to myself while he did so. I said, "Sorry, I'm just laughing at the way you're doing it." He then got upset and pointed out that he had a speech impediment. FML

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By oopsie - 24/05/2009 14:50 - Canada

Today, I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. It was a man with a speech impediment, and I began imitating him. He was the manager of a store I applied at. He wanted to arrange an interview. FML

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By people suck - 28/03/2015 04:16 - United States - Oakland

Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML

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By anonymous - 24/05/2016 03:41 - United States - Manchester

Today, I got put in a speech impediment class because apparently I have a lisp. No, my tongue is just swollen, and I can't talk very well because of it. I've talked normally for the past 17 years. FML

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nattnatt73 31

Friday 8 July 2016 8:34

I worked in customer service over the phone and had a lady ask what country I was in. I told her I was from Washington state and she didn't believe me. It happens. And I don't even have a speech impediment

racheal1000 13

Monday 15 August 2016 1:05

don't feel embarrass. I have a speech impediment due to hearing loss and people have always asked me where I'm from. Doesn't bother me one bit

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poorkitten 15

Monday 15 August 2016 2:40

I have a speech impediment and people ask me all the time. I think it's funny because I ask them where they think and I get a different answer Everytime. never left Canada

vicfirthfan 11

Monday 15 August 2016 2:56

what's the difference?

serindipityish 14

Monday 15 August 2016 3:10

If I had a speech impediment, I think I'd feel pretty cool for someone to think I'm from somewhere else. I'd probably just continue playing it as an accent. Don't feel too bad!

Mermaid_Sashimi 6

Monday 15 August 2016 3:58

Something similar happened to me in 6th grade. There was this girl (who is now my ex-best friend) who sounded like she was from New York, she actually had a speech impediment too.

Levvy 22

Monday 15 August 2016 4:43

What is an accent but a locally popular speech impediment with no physical cause?

Couch_Potato 17

Monday 15 August 2016 4:49

Ok so why is that so bad it's not like you said anything you just asked her where she was from

dkane 12

Monday 15 August 2016 4:56

Don't feel to bad, I have speech impairment and people ask me if I'm from England or Australia a lot, I don't really care as long as they don't tell me my voice is weird

heyLaddieHey 18

Monday 15 August 2016 5:11

My stepmother did that once with a waitress. She'd apparently heard it before-she was pretty flippant about it and just said "no, I'm from here, but everybody thinks u have an accent!" My stepmom felt awful though.

rawrmuffinsnom 18

Monday 15 August 2016 6:36

People ask me that all the time. I can't pronounce my r's correctly asking with a few other speech issues so sometimes it sounds like I'm from Boston, Britain, or Australia. I just tell people I talk funny and that I'm from Michigan. It cracks me up when people say "oh, I can hear the Michigan accent."

Colon_Man 17

Monday 15 August 2016 18:12

Mitten bump.

wow2mylife 25

Monday 15 August 2016 8:35

I have a speech impediment and have a accent it really doesn't bother me when people ask but it really fun when they straight off try guess the accent never bother me or another people who have same thing as me